Kate Green – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2016-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests from his Department for evidence to inform a work capability assessment were (a) made and (b) responded to by GPs and other professionals, in each of the last three years; and what the professional discipline was that each of those requests were made to.
Priti Patel
Information requests made by Healthcare Professionals to inform a Work Capability Assessment:
|
Year |
Requests made: |
Responses received: |
|
Apr. 2013 to Mar. 2014 |
599,261 |
396,847 |
|
Apr. 2014 to Mar. 2015 |
536,101 |
314,170 |
|
Apr. 2015 to Mar. 2016 |
534,677 |
280,736 |
Source: Centre for Health Disability Assessments (CHDA)
Information on the professional discipline of the individual from whom information is requested is not held
