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Baroness Janke (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 January 2025

Debate

Benefits: Eligibility

Contribution

My Lords, seven in 10 refused claims for personal independence payments are overturned after mandatory reconsideration, even before appeal. Data has shown that the DWP spent £22.8 million on mandatory reconsiderations and £24.5 million on appeals in the 2022-23 financial year. Do the Government agree that the assessment process is massively failing disabled people and putting them under unnecessary stress? Is it not time that the Government made the assessment shambles fit for purpose, starting with the form itself, so that claimants receive their entitlement without the stress of initial refusals and lengthy and intimidating appeals?

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