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	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the recruitment of healthcare professionals by third party providers is sufficient to meet the current volume of work capability assessments for disabled people; and what are the minimum qualifications being sought as part of the recruitment process.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL4775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Since the commencement of the Health and Disability Assessment Service contract in March 2015 the supplier, Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA), has increased its number of Healthcare Professionals by over 60%. As a result, CHDA are on course to deliver the contractual volumes for work capability assessments.</p><p> </p><p>All Healthcare Professionals who undertake work capability assessments are registered healthcare professionals, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists or occupational therapists, with a minimum of two years broad - based post registration experience.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/01/2018 12:58:41 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

824031

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on meeting their targets on work capability assessments for disabled people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL4774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision makers have no targets that relate to the number of people placed in the Support Group, Work Related Activity Group or found fit for work following a work capability assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The current contractual agreement between the DWP and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments contains numerous performance targets including throughput, claimant service and work capability assessment report quality, which also contain automatic financial remedies where there is service level failure. There are no targets specifying that certain numbers of people should be allowed or disallowed benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The contractual performance of Centre for Health and Disability Assessments is monitored closely by the DWP. Since Centre for Health and Disability Assessments took on the contract, we have halved work capability assessment waiting times, down from 32 weeks in August 2014 to 16 weeks in March 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/01/2018 12:57:20 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

824033

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the quality of Work Capability Assessment assessors.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL4776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>All Healthcare Professionals undertaking Work Capability Assessments are highly-trained practitioners in their own field. They must be registered practitioners who have at least two years post-registration experience. They are subject to a rigorous recruitment process followed by a comprehensive training programme in disability assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, fair and accurate assessments. All Healthcare Professionals are subject to on-going quality audit to ensure they continue to deliver high quality assessments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/01/2018 12:59:50 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester