Question follow-through · 96718
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2025 to UIN 77348, how many additional assessors have been recruited; and in what locations.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2026 · 55 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2025 to UIN 77348, how many additional assessors have been recruited; and in what locations.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2026
Answer published
While this information is not currently published by the department, we will be sharing this data in a future statistical release.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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