The resistance from the Department of Work and Pensions to instituting recording is ‘bewildering’.

The Work and Pensions Committee has published the government’s response to the committee’s two reports on PIP and ESA assessments.

The Committee’s final report was published in February, and expressed its concerns over assessment reports “riddled with errors and omissions” and the public contract failures that had “led to a loss of trust that risks undermining the operation of major disability benefits”.