Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 3678

Work Capability Assessment: Health

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If she will collect information on potential links between the fitness for work test and (a) suicides, (b) other deaths and (c) harm.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
DWP does not collect or record the cause of a customer’s death and will not usually be made aware of how a customer died. Cause of death is determined by a doctor or a coroner. There is no requirement for a Coroner to inform the department of the outcome ...

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