Question follow-through · 39848
Universal Credit: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will launch a consultation on proposals to (a) end the Work Capability Assessment and (b) use the single Personal Independence Payment assessment to assess entitlement for the Universal Credit he
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will launch a consultation on proposals to (a) end the Work Capability Assessment and (b) use the single Personal Independence Payment assessment to assess entitlement for the Universal Credit he
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
We urgently need reform to stop people from falling into inactivity, restore trust and fairness in the system and protect disabled people. Therefore, there are some measures announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on the 18th March 2025, that we wil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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