Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45567
Work Capability Assessment
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025
Question
Sir Mel Stride
Conservative — Central Devon
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
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsOur 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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