DWP shares PIP audio recordings update and confirms backlog of thousands of benefit assessments
Work and Pensions Secretary has told MPs there are “substantial backlogs” of health benefit assessments which are going to take “some time to recover” during an accountability hearing with the Work and Pensions Committee. Thérèse Coffey MP was initially asked by Steve McCabe MP on Wednesday during the session what proportion of people are having face-to-face assessments compared to those receiving paper-based or phone consultations.