Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 67873

Work Capability Assessment: Autism and Learning Disability

Tabled: 15 July 2025

Answered: 21 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat — Wells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism for work capability assessors.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Since 09 September 2024, the educational material for all Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) Health Professionals (HPs) has been provided by DWP. In reviewing the material ahead of that date, we considered practice in the NHS, and have now implemen...

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