Petition · past parliament
Scrap PIP assessments and prosecute those responsible for this policy.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
The assessment process for PIP involves answering humiliating, degrading and debasing questions, and causes uneccessary stress and cruel mental suffering. This is prohibited under Article 3 of the Human Rights Act.We call on Government to scrap this process and prosecute those responsible.
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights-act/article-3-freedom-torture-and-inhuman-or-degrading-treatment
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 1 Jul 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Jul 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
6 Jul 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.