Question follow-through · 36122

Employment: Long Covid and ME/CFS

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 30791 on Employment: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid, whether the proposed reforms will (a) ensure appropriate assessment of the work capab

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
10 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 30791 on Employment: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid, whether the proposed reforms will (a) ensure appropriate assessment of the work capab

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government believes there is a strong case to change the system of health and disability benefits across Great Britain so that it better enables people to enter and remain in work and to respond to the complex and fluctuating nature of the health cond...

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