Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 20271
Work Capability Assessment: Health
Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024
Question
Apsana Begum
Labour — Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential link between the fitness for work test and (a) suicides, (b) other deaths and (c) harm.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsDWP 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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