Question follow-through · 14049
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to make changes to the Work Capability Assessment.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to make changes to the Work Capability Assessment.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Work Capability Assessment is not working and needs to be reformed or replaced. This needs to come alongside a proper plan to support disabled people to work, which will, in turn, bring down the benefits bill. We are taking the time to review this in ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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