Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 111608

Work Capability Assessment: Immunosuppression

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 26 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to Work Capability Assessments on severely immunocompromised people who are recovering from (a) stem cell transplants, (b)

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The Pathways to Work Green Paper outlined our plan to end the link between capacity to work and additional financial support and the binary categorisation of claimants as “can or can’t work” by abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Instead, any...

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