To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's press release, personal independence payment assessment guidance updated, published on 2 November 2017, whether the review team has been set up to review claims of people with epilepsy made between 9 March 2017 and 13 November 2017; and when that new guidance was implemented.
Answered on
10 July 2018
As outlined in the Written Statement (HCWS793) on 25 June 2018, the Department has begun the administrative exercise to identify claims who may be affected by the Upper Tribunal judgment in RJ, which concerned how we consider whether an activity is carried out safely considers a claimant to be carrying out an activity safely and whether they need supervision to do soconsiders a claimant to be carrying out an activity safely and whether they need supervision to do so. Since November 2017, new claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have been assessed under the new guidance.
For further information on the administrative exercise, I refer the Hon. Member to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that I laid in the House Library on 2 July 2018 (Deposit Reference - DEP2018-0644).