| Heading: |
Work Capability Assessment |
| Question ID: |
1794303 |
| UIN: |
45567 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3935 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Mel Stride
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| Asking Member handle: |
meljstride
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@meljstride
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the planned rollout of the abolition of the Work Capability Assessment has been delayed from 2026, and what the full new planned timetable is for rollout of this reform to (a) new and (b |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| 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: |
Our Green Paper outlines why we think removing the WCA and moving to using the PIP assessment as the single assessment for additional financial support, is the correct decision for the reformed disability benefits system. Scrapping the Work Capability Ass... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |