We therefore asked the Department whether it was concerned that so many decisions were being overturned. The Department stressed that there was a degree of judgement involved in the health assessment process it used to determine eligibility for disability benefits, compared to, say, a mathematical formula, which could be used for benefits such as income replacement benefit or state pension. It explained that “a huge amount of time” went into understanding the way in which a particular health ...

We therefore asked the Department whether it was concerned that so many decisions were being overturned. The Department stressed that there was a degree of judgement involved in the health assessment process it used to determine eligibility for disability benefits, compared to, say, a mathematical formula, which could be used for benefits such as income replacement benefit or state pension. It explained that “a huge amount of time” went into understanding the way in which a particular health condition is disability was affecting someone’s daily living or mobility, “but you can sometimes look at the same situation and take a different judgemen Type: conclusion | Number: 25 | Response status: not_accepted Government response: The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation. On 19 December 2023, the department published the first in a new series of HTP MI. Publication of this MI will continue quarterly in line with the PIP Official Statistics release schedule. This release