The Work and Pensions Committee has today announced the final oral evidence sessions for its inquiry into Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments.
- Parliament TV: Watch the fourth session
- Parliament TV: Watch the final session
- Inquiry: Employment Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments
- Work and Pensions Committee
Fourth Session
Witnesses
Monday 9 June 2014, at 4.30pm, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President, Health Market, Atos
- Dr Angela Graham, Clinical Director, Atos Healthcare
- Helen Hall, Head of Communications and Customer Relations, Atos Healthcare
Purpose of the meeting
The session will consider
- Atos’s role in the process before the face to face assessment and claimants’ experience of the process
- The design and delivery of the WCA
- The contract for delivering the WCA, including the relationship between quality and productivity, and Atos’s early exit from the contract
- The ESA decision-making process, including outcomes and appeals
- Future delivery of the WCA
Final session
Witnesses
Wednesday 11 June 2014, at 9.30am, Grimond Room
Department for Work and Pensions
- Rt Hon Mike Penning MP, Minister of State for Disabled People
- Jason Feeney CBE, Benefits Director
- James Bolton, Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing Directorate
- Iain Walsh, Deputy Director, Working Age Benefits Division
Purpose of the session
The session will consider
- The effectiveness of the WCA, including the findings of the Evidence Based Review
- Key concerns about the delivery of the WCA by Atos, and how these issues may be resolved with the new provider
- The ESA decision-making process
- ESA outcomes and reassessments
- Mandatory reconsideration and appeals
- The interaction between ESA and Universal Credit
Why is IDS not to appear ?
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I agree with Julia – IDS should be there – and where has he been the last few weeks as well?
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Where is IDS in all this?
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Tragic it should even be necessary
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Don’t you need decent jobs to create ‘gainful employment’ ?
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Yes of course.
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