Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 103862

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 19 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 99887, how many Condition Insight Reports are made available to health professionals making Personal Independence Payment assessments; and whether

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Health assessments are not medical consultations and do not require health professionals (HPs) to diagnose conditions or recommend treatment. Instead, they are functional assessments designed to evaluate how an individual’s health conditions or impairment...

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