Work Capability Assessments - Claimant outcomes, Assessment centre comparison
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
For the years ending 31.12.17 and 31.12.18, or for the two most recent years for which a full data set is available, please provide the following information:
The total number of Work Capability Assessments conducted at the centres listed below, and the percentage of assessments that produced an award of 0 points to claimants undergoing a WCA review for each centre listed.
• Irene House, 218 Balham High Road, Balham, London, SW12 9BX
• Tresco House, 65 Lisson Grove, Marylebone, London, NW1 6UH
• Five Ways House, Islington Row Middleway, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 1SL
• Park Tower, Stockton Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7PT
• 1 Atlantic Quay, Broomielaw, Glasgow G2 8JB, UK
N.B. Would you ensure the two years' sets of data are submitted to us separately rather than as an aggregate so as to enable comparisons between outcomes?
Yours faithfully,
Nick Phillips (LUS)
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