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<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>
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