Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 78899
Social Security Benefits: Disability
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Liz Jarvis
Liberal Democrat — Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of telephone-based disability benefit assessments.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsAn assessment of whether each of the channels - telephone, video and face to face - for initial health assessments drive different award outcomes and impact Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) has recently been undertaken. The results will be published in ...
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