Question follow-through · 27552
Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of welfare reforms on people living with (a) bipolar and (b) other serious mental illnesses.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of welfare reforms on people living with (a) bipolar and (b) other serious mental illnesses.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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6 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Work Capability Assessment is not working and needs to be reformed or replaced alongside a proper plan to help disabled people into work, which will help them, businesses and the economy. We know that change is desperately needed but equally these sor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Education and Employment: Disability
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