| Heading: |
Universal Credit |
| Question ID: |
1811017 |
| UIN: |
58547 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
39 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir John Whittingdale
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| Asking Member handle: |
jwhittingdale
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jwhittingdale
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to chapter 2, section 1 of the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether Universal Credit claimants |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
| 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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Our Pathways to Work Green Paper set out why we are scrapping the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). We want to end the binary categorisation of groups and labelling as either ‘can or can’t work’. Instead, any extra financial support for health conditions ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |