Question follow-through · 60926
Social Security Benefits: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that veterans with severe, long-term PTSD qualify for automatic exemptions from repeat disability assessments.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that veterans with severe, long-term PTSD qualify for automatic exemptions from repeat disability assessments.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
Currently, Work Capability Assessment reassessment referrals are prioritised for customers on Employment and Support Allowance and the health element of Universal Credit who report a change in their health condition. The frequency of when reassessments oc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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