Government response to PIP petition on petition.parliament.uk/

The government responded 2 days ago to the petition by Mrs Keely A Santos below.

Full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process

We want the Government to conduct a full review of the PIP process. This should look at DWP policy and the performance of ATOS and Capita, which conduct the health assessments for applicants. We believe the current process is inherently unethical and biased, and needs a complete overhaul.

We believe that the Personal Independence Payment application and assessment process is inhumane and degrading. We believe Capita and Atos are not fit for purpose to be contracted as independent assessors, and that this leads to many people being unfairly denied benefits.

79% applications that are denied and taken to tribunal are overturned. This demonstrates that many decisions are initially incorrect. We believe that too often medical evidence is ignored, and decisions are not made fairly.

You can read the government response HERE

I have not read the response yet but wanted to get it out there. I will try to read all of it today.

Thanks for the heads up Philip. Does anyone recognise this as being a 'True' statement? I've just had a quick look, not in any depth but with my years of dealing with the likes of ATOS & CAPITA I certainly don't. No change there then!!!!!


Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contracted providers:

Both PIP assessment providers, Capita and Independent Assessment Services (IAS), strive to provide excellent service to claimants and are held to account for their performance. They have consistently exceeded their customer satisfaction targets of 90% for PIP, achieving collectively 96.6% until the end of February 2022.

Hi Phillip,

I have just signed petition regarding PIP,thanks for letting us know. It is only up tp just over 11k signitures at the moment. Very easy to access and do. Just type in PIP petition and it pops up on google

I think the 'Texas sharpshooter fallacy' is clearly evident in the government response.