Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96020

Work Capability Assessment

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Siân Berry

Green Party — Brighton Pavilion

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to remove the work capability assessment.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we are abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and that following this, eligibility to the new Universal Credit Health Element would require the claimant to be in receipt of a Daily Living awar...

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