Work Capability Assessment
Commons · Question 43262 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Witherden
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department will determine which claimants will be exempt from the new baseline expectation of engagement or work-related requirements once the Work Capability Assessment is scrapped.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 29 Apr 2025
We recognise that some people may not be able to engage with new baseline expectations. We are consulting on how we should determine who should be subject to attend meetings only rather than also have wider conditionality requirements, and how we should d...