Submitted on Thursday 14th September 2017
Rejected on Monday 18th September 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
The assessment process used by the DWP for ESA and PIP is not fit for purpose.
The assessment process used by the DWP to assess claimants eligibility for ESA and PIP payments is not doing the job it was set up to do, as can clearly be seen by the large number of successful appeals against decisions that are made. This is leading to a high cost to all of the people involved.
The DWP assessment procedure was set up to evaluate claimants, and ensure that the correct payments are made to the people who are eligible for them.
Over half of the appeals against benefit decisions are upheld by the courts, and this is unacceptable.
The processing of these appeals is producing a huge burden on the court system, the claimants, their medical staff & carers, and also the DWP staff who have to process them.
The system should produce the correct decision first time, every time.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what changes to the assessment process you would like.
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