Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71033

Work Capability Assessment

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 7 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Work Capability Assessment.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
As we outlined in our Pathways to Work Green Paper, we are scrapping the controversial Work Capability Assessment (WCA) to end the dysfunctional process which drives people into dependency, delivering on the Government’s commitment to reform or replace it...
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