Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Chloe Smith MP (Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work) at Department for Work and Pensions), Gill Holmes (Contract Management and Partner Delivery Director at Department for Work and Pensions), and Katie Farrington (Director General for Disability, Health and Pensions at Department for Work and Pensions)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Ben Macpherson MSP (Minister for Social Security and Local Government at Scottish Government), Matthew Duff (Disability Benefits Policy Manager at Scottish Government), and Professor Paul Knight OBE (Chief Officer Health and Social Care Operations at Social Security Scotland)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Professor Ben Barr (Professor in Applied Public Health Research at University of Liverpool), and Dr Ben Baumberg Geiger (Reader in Sociology and Social Policy at University of Kent)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Stuart Paterson (Client Executive Partner at Independent Assessment Services), Dr Barrie McKillop (Clinical Director at Independent Assessment Services), Antony King (Managing Director and Client Partner of Capita Health & Welfare at Capita), and Laura Erskine (Occupational Therapist in Forensic Mental Health at Capita)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Emma-Jane Bannister (Customer Director at Maximus), Suzie Frew (Lead Nurse and Head of Quality at Maximus), and Dr Paul Williams (UK Division President at Maximus)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Dr Kieran Sharrock (Acting Chair of the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) at British Medical Association), Minesh Patel (Head of Policy at Macmillan Cancer Support), Aaron Dryden (Director of Carer Support at Carers UK), and Mark Jackson (Policy Manager at Marie Curie)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Daphne Hall (Vice Chair at National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA)), Hannah Nicholls-Harrison (Policy Co-Chair at Disability Benefits Consortium), and Caroline Selman (Research Fellow at Public Law Project)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Caroline Cooke (Head of Policy at Forces in Mind Trust), Philip Martin (Research Fellow at University of Salford/Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers), and Andy Pike (Head of Policy and Research at The Royal British Legion)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Tracey Lazard (Chief Executive Officer at Inclusion London), Patricia Vespucio (Team Leader, Advice Service at GIPSIL), and Jane Hunt (Chair at Association of Disabled Professionals)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Sarah Rawlings (Executive Director of Research & External Affairs at MS Society), Catherine Hale (Director at Chronic Illness Inclusion Project), and Jasmine Wyeth (Senior Policy Officer at Rethink Mental Illness)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Morgan Vine (Head of Policy and Influencing at Independent Age), Joanne Gordon (Chair at Asbestos Victims Support Groups’ Forum UK), Helen Wild (Welfare Benefits Advisor at Down’s Syndrome Association), and Marc Francis (Director of Policy and Campaigns at Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K))

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Louise Rubin (Head of Policy and Campaigns at Scope), Hannah Nicholls-Harrison (Policy Officer at Mencap), Charles Smith (Senior Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice), Sophie Corlett (Director of External Relations at Mind), and Evan John (Policy and Public Affairs Advisor at Sense)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Paul Gray CB (Leader of the independent reviews of PIP at Department for Work and Pensions)

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Dr Paul Litchfield CBE (Leader of the 2013 and 2014 independent reviews of the Work Capability Assessment at Department for Work and Pensions)