Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bambos Charalambous and Thérèse Coffey

Monday 29th June 2020 Commons Chamber

[Dr Coffey]

I think the hon. Lady is confusing the element in the Select Committee report with the emergency contingency plan, which is an operational document that is prepared by all Departments in the event of the sort of emergency that requires, for example, redeployment within the Department. In terms of her broader question on what I think she was really referring to, I assure her that, as I pointed out, I am actively working with Ministers across the Government to make sure that we will be there to help people get into the new jobs that we rely on the private sector to create, but will be working across the public sector too.

[Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)]

What estimate she has made of the average time taken to process work capability assessments during the covid-19 outbreak.