questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Personal Independent Payment assessors using informal observations for claimants with Parkinson's disease on the number of mandatory reconsideratio
answerText: We have not made such an assessment. Entitlement to PIP is assessed based on the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability, not the health condition or disability itself. The PIP Assessment Guide, used by health professionals who condu...
heading: Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease