Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 43262
Work Capability Assessment
Tabled: 1 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Steve Witherden
Labour — Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department will determine which claimants will be exempt from the new baseline expectation of engagement or work-related requirements once the Work Capability Assessment is scrapped.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe recognise that some people may not be able to engage with new baseline expectations. We are consulting on how we should determine who should be subject to attend meetings only rather than also have wider conditionality requirements, and how we should determine which individuals or groups of individuals should be exempt from requirements completely.