Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 44644
Work Capability Assessment: Chronic Illnesses
Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what definition her Department plans to use to identify people with severe lifelong health conditions who wil
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe will ensure that those with the most severe, life-long health conditions, who will never be able to work, will see their incomes protected, and that this group will face no future reassessment. We will set out further information on this in due course.