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answer text: The hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (Chris Ruane) has asked five parliamentary questions relating to the audio recording of work capability assessments (WCAs) and I have taken the opportunity to reply to them collectively. In answer to question 173461, I am placing a copy of the WCA AL1C form in the Library. The WCA AL1C form is sent to claimants when they are asked to arrange a face-to-face assessment and provides details about how they can ask for their face-to-face assessment to be audio recorded. The AL1C form also provides a link to the gov.uk website where claimants can find more information on audio recording of face-to-face assessments, including some frequently asked questions. This website can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/improving-the-work-capability-assessment In answer to question 173712, between September 2011 and September 2013 there have been 4,109 requests for an audio recorded face-to-face work capability assessment. We hold monthly data from January 2012 onwards and the following table shows the number of requests per month between January 2012 and September 2013. 2012 Number January 31 February 49 March 84 April 112 May 119 June 116 July 189 August 224 September 235 October 314 November 256 December 215 2013 Number January 271 February 323 March 275 April 292 May 263 June 232 July 188 August 130 September 153 Unfortunately we do not record whether or not the decision following an audio recorded face-to-face assessment has been appealed, therefore I am unable to provide the information requested in questions 173426,173460 and 173462.
answer given date: 2013-11-04+00:00
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