Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 63098

Social Security Benefits: Reform

Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) simplify the benefits system and (b) increase its accessibility for claimants.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Our wide-ranging package of reforms to health and disability benefits, set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, will improve experiences of the system for those who need it. We are simplifying the system by abolishing the WCA and instead using the PIP...

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