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PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry

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Employment and Support Allowance (ESA, introduced in 2008) and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP, introduced in 2013) provide vital financial support to disabled people.

Claimants of PIP and ESA should be able to rely on assessments for those benefits being efficient, fair and consistent. Failings in the processes—from application, to assessment, to decision-making and to challenge mechanisms—have contributed to a lack of trust in both benefits. This risks undermining their entire operation.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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8th Special Report - PIP and ESA assessments: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of 2017–19
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Easy read: 8th Special Report - PIP and ESA assessments: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of 2017–19
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Oral evidence transcripts

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20 December 2017
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Witnesses Paul Gray CB, Leader of the Independent Reviews of PIP and Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee, Department for Work and Pensions, and Dr Paul Litchfield OBE, Leader of the 2013 and 2014 Independent Reviews of the ESA Work Capability Assessment; Sarah Newton MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Janice Smethurst, Director for Contracted Health and Employment Services Directorate and James Wolfe, Director for Disability Employment and Support, Department for Work and Pensions (at 10.00am).
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11 December 2017
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Witnesses Anna Bird, Executive Director, Policy and Research, Scope, Victoria Holloway, Public Affairs Manager, Sense and Co-Chair, Disability Benefits Consortium, Kayley Hignell, Head of Policy, Citizen’s Advice, and Rob Holland, Public Affairs Manager, Mencap and Co-Chair, Disability Benefits Consortium
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11 December 2017
Inquiry PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry
Witnesses Anna Bird, Executive Director, Policy and Research, Scope, Victoria Holloway, Public Affairs Manager, Sense and Co-Chair, Disability Benefits Consortium, Kayley Hignell, Head of Policy, Citizen’s Advice, Rob Holland, Public Affairs Manager, Mencap and Co-Chair, Disability Benefits Consortium
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Written evidence

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WinVisible (PEA0438)
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Nat Institute of Blind People and Thomas Pockington Trust (PEA0393)
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