Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 58547

Universal Credit

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Sir John Whittingdale

ConservativeMaldon

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

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
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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