Member

So, here are my questions for the Minister. Can she update the Committee on the current strategy for incapacity benefit? Can she confirm that fit notes from doctors are not being reformed? If so, what will the process be to move from a doctor’s medical assessment—as I understand it, the current sign-off rate is 94%—to a detailed and fair assessment, with a definitive decision on an individual’s ability to work, to work part-time, to work from home only or, as I do acknowledge, to do no work at all if that is the outcome of the assessment?