Commenting on the announcement of the review into 1.6 million PIP cases, Philip Connolly, policy manager at Disability Rights UK said:
“Many disabled people have lost out because of changeover from DLA to PIP, and we welcome the announcement that the government is going to review 1.6 million cases. We hope this doesn’t mean that some disabled people are going to have to attend yet more assessments.
“This review highlights the ongoing and persistent failures of the assessment process, which is badly designed and implemented. Huge amounts of tax payer’s money is being wasted on poor quality assessments which deny disabled people benefits that they qualify for – that’s one of the reasons the success rate at appeal is so high.
“We urge all disabled people who are turned down for benefits they believe they should get to use the independent appeals process.”