Universal Credit
Commons · Question 58547 · Tabled 10 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Sir John Whittingdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to chapter 2, section 1 of the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether Universal Credit claimants
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 19 Jun 2025
Our Pathways to Work Green Paper set out why we are scrapping the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). We want to end the binary categorisation of groups and labelling as either ‘can or can’t work’. Instead, any extra financial support for health conditions ...