Work Capability Assessment: Reviews
Commons · Question 32442 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 3 Mar 2025
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...