Work Capability Assessment: Chronic Illnesses
Commons · Question 44644 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what definition her Department plans to use to identify people with severe lifelong health conditions who wil
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 22 Apr 2025
We will ensure that those with the most severe, life-long health conditions, who will never be able to work, will see their incomes protected, and that this group will face no future reassessment. We will set out further information on this in due course.