Written questions

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...