00:00The report says that PIP is not fit for purpose. How can you possibly deliver
00:04radical reforms without an increase in spending? Well the key thing is that this
00:10benefit does the job we want it to do. So we have concluded that at the moment
00:14it's not fit for purpose. Applying for it is very difficult. It requires people to
00:19set up lots of things they can't do. That's unpleasant. A lot of people have
00:23described it as demeaning. We think we can come up with a better way of making
00:27those assessments and as it stands the benefit has become a barrier to
00:32participation which is the opposite of what's intended because people worry
00:36that if they do participate the DWP will come along and say oh you could do those
00:40things and take their benefit away. So big changes are needed. We're also
00:44concerned that the benefit hasn't kept track without developing understanding
00:50of health and disability over the 13 years since it was introduced. So we're
00:56going to come forward with fundamental proposals for change and we'll publish
01:00them in our report in the autumn.
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