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Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 103607, tabled on 13 January 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2021 to Question 65471 on the Health Transformation Programme, when she plans to begin recruitment of the new in-house assessors for work capability assessments and personal independence payment assessments who will be directly employed by her Department.

Answered on

21 January 2022

We have launched our first recruitment advert for Healthcare Professionals (closing date 03 February) for 10 roles in our existing Health Transformation Area sites in London and Birmingham.

Individuals appointed from this advert will work alongside existing Healthcare Professionals provided by Advanced Personnel Management Group (UK) Ltd.