| Heading: |
Work Capability Assessment: Disability |
| Question ID: |
1786343 |
| UIN: |
39480 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4493 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Richard Burgon
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| Asking Member handle: |
richardburgon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@richardburgon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that changes to the Work Capability Assessment prevent disabled people from entering poverty. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
The Health and Disability Green Paper published on 18th March 2025 outlines why we think removing the Work Capability Assessment and moving to using an amended version of the PIP assessment to determine what financial support people receive for health and... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |