Petition · past parliament

Make DWP disability assessment providers supply recording equipment for all.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Many people attending disability assessments have memory problems and cannot remember what was said during their face to face assessments. Providing a recording of this assessment is a reasonable adjustment in the same way ramps are for wheelchair users and Braille is for blind people.
Additionally there seems to be a lot of corrupt assessors out there who are making a mockery of the system. As the only evidence that can prove an assessor lied is the recording of the assessment which they often refuse to allow it leaves the system in their favour. As we are often told if you are doing nothing wrong then you have nothing to hide.

So should we record so the disabled person can remember or not record it so the assessor can lie.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

20 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
15 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.