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Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the planned rollout of the abolition of the Work Capability Assessment has been delayed from 2026, and what the full new planned timetable is for rollout of this reform to (a) new and (b

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 17 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 23 Apr 2025
Answer: 28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the planned rollout of the abolition of the Work Capability Assessment has been delayed from 2026, and what the full new planned timetable is for rollout of this reform to (a) new and (b
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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28 Apr 2025
Answer published
Our Green Paper outlines why we think removing the WCA and moving to using the PIP assessment as the single assessment for additional financial support, is the correct decision for the reformed disability benefits system. Scrapping the Work Capability Ass...

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