Distances for appointments to PIP assessments

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I would like to know:

1) In the last year, what percentage of PIP applicants were sent to an assessment centre between 60 and 90 minutes of their home at the first appointment;
2) In the same time, what percentage of PIP applicants were sent to an assessment centre within 30 -60 minutes of their home:
3) In the same time, what percentage of PIP applicants were sent to an assessment centre reachable within 30 minutes or less to their home
4)How many PIP applicants do not attend their assessment, and why;
5) How many PIP applicants fail to gain PIP after they have not attended their assessment;
6) Who is paying for the taxis many PIP applicants have to take to their appointments and how much this has so far cost in reimbursements;
7) Since the '90 min' rule is obviously based on Google Map timings which assume applicants can use public transport, can walk 3 miles an hour, or have access to car, I would like to know the instructions the DWP gave ATOS for how the computer calculates appropriate distance to PIP appointments.

This is a Freedom of Information request, I look forward to seeing an answer within 20 days.

Yours faithfully,
B. Jacobson

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Dear B Jacobson,
 
Please see our response to your recent Freedom of Information request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Correspondence Team |Business & Strategy Management Division | Health
Services Directorate | Finance Group | Department for Work and Pensions |
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