Petition · past parliament
Stop PIP/DLA/ESA assessments being performed by private companies
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Currently, private firms such as ATOS are doing assessments for Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA, PIP has replaced) and ESA (Employment and Support Allowance, sickness benefit). This leads to a heavily-biased system in which people are not being assessed fairly.
In our opinion, the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) should be doing these assessments to rid the system of any sort of "quotas" or bonuses for the staff based on how many people are given benefits.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 14 Aug 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Aug 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Aug 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.