Question follow-through · 117272
Work Capability Assessment: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration is made when awarding work capability assessment contracts of potential additional costs to the Exchequer involved in contractors awarding bonuses or making performance related salary
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration is made when awarding work capability assessment contracts of potential additional costs to the Exchequer involved in contractors awarding bonuses or making performance related salary
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
Functional Assessment Services contracts (including delivery of Work Capability Assessments) are outsourced to four prime contractors. The Department awarded these contracts following fair and open competition to deliver the best value for taxpayers. This...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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