AQW 29034/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities when face to face Personal Independence Payment appointments will resume.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 1 February 2022
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 1 February 2022
- Answer due by
- 16 February 2022
- Answered
- 24 February 202223 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Face-to-face assessments for Personal Independence Payment resumed on 1 July 2021. Currently this is only for those people who are unable to take part in a telephone assessment due to their condition, for example people with hearing or speech impairments, people who do not have a telephone or those who experience technical difficulties with calls. The Department will continue to monitor its policy in this area as Covid-19 restrictions change.