Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45567

Work Capability Assessment

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Sir Mel Stride

ConservativeCentral 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 Timms
Our 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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