Knowing the assor

Tracy wrote: When I had someone from capita come to asses me for pip after about 5 mins I realised I knew this person she was a collage friend of my step daughter I asked her if it was appropriate to continue with the assessment and she said she will inform her manager but continued anyway I felt very intimated by this as these assessments are very personal in fact I was mortified.
I wonder if this is allowed

I can't see any advice about this.

I think that there are various aspects to this that only you can consider; as you have identified there is an issue of confidentiality, the assessors will be bound by their contract not to reveal details of the assessment to others who do not need to know, much like a GP would if they were known to the family outside of a professional situation.

There are also issues as to the fairness of the assessment which to be honest could be to your advantage or the opposite.

Given that you allowed the assessment to continue, it's probably too late to raise issues with the former, unless you really want to have another assessment, as to the latter, it's possible that only time will tell when a Decision is made.

Gordon