Daily Archives: 05/05/2012

Miller defends firms queuing up to deliver PIP assessments

The minister for disabled people has defended plans that will see huge private sector companies fighting over contracts to carry out the new medical assessments that will determine disabled people’s eligibility for vital benefits.
Maria Miller was speaking at a meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on disability (APPDG), just four days after the Department for [...]

Grayling silent on further fall in ‘fit for work’ figures

New figures show the proportion of disabled people found eligible for unconditional support under the much-criticised “fitness for work” regime is continuing to rise.
The figures suggest that improvements to the work capability assessment (WCA) – which tests eligibility for employment and support allowance (ESA), the replacement for incapacity benefit – are beginning to take effect.
Rather [...]