Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 32442

Work Capability Assessment: Reviews

Tabled: 21 February 2025

Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Brian Leishman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government Response to the Work Capability Assessment: Activities and Descriptors Consultation, CP973, updated on 22 November 2023, if she will publish (a) her Department's Impact

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

In January 2025 the High Court determined that the Work Capability Assessment: Activities and Descriptors consultation was unlawful. The court found the previous government failed to explain their proposals adequately or to allow people sufficient time to...

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