Question follow-through · 4104
Work Capability Assessments: Recordings
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of introducing routine audio recording of Work Capability Assessments.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of introducing routine audio recording of Work Capability Assessments.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
As set out in Pathways to Work, we will be introducing audio recording as standard for all health assessments. If, for whatever reason, a customer does not want their assessment recorded, they are able to opt out at any time.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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