G4S trials for Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I request some information on the current trials being carried out by G4S concerning the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) system.

The information requested is:

What are the scope of these trials, how many people are expected to partake, what are the time-frames and are any other companies or organisations involved in delivering this trial?

Were these trails made available to competitive tender and if so can the tender specification be published, or information given on where it may be obtained?

If these trials were not available for competitive tender then can the department release all correspondence with G4S (excluding financial information and other contract details which may be exempt from the FOI under competition rules)which relates to the nature, methods and administration of the trials. This information should include the nature of the trails being carried out eg what is the level of medical qualification (if any) of those conducting the assessments, the nature of the assessment including any formal or informal documents relating to the testing procedure or standardised questions, the methods of selection of candidates to take part in the trials etc.

When will the study be complete? How will information be evaluated? Where and when will these evaluations be made available to the public?

Are G4S involved in any other work relating to disability testing or health testing for the DWP, whether regarding the new PIP system or the current administration of eligibility tests for ESA?

Are there any formal plans to include G4S in the roll out of PIP, are any agreements in place, or will the independent testing element of the scheme be made available to competitive tender?

Finally I refer to a previous request made in June 2010 regarding employment or other destinations of those denied ESA due to the Atos testing procedure (your Ref: FoI 1370). In your response you specified that "the Department is planning to commission a survey which will look at the destinations of a sample of people who make a claim for ESA. We would expect to publish the results of the survey as they become available".

Has this survey been carried out, and if so can the Department make available it's findings? If this is not the case then can the Department confirm that there is still no information or statistics available relating to how many people denied ESA are able to find work and in what timescale?

Yours

johnny void

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