Social Security Benefits: Disability

(asked on 7th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 812 on Social Security Benefits: Disability and with reference to her predecessor's speech to Scope on 5 March 2019, whether her Department plans to include proposals on reforming the assessment processes for employment support allowance and personal independence payment in its forthcoming Green Paper on Disability Benefits.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 10th June 2021

The upcoming Green Paper on health and disability will explore how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and in the future. As part of this, we plan to seek views on how to improve assessments both in the short and longer term. This will cover the Work Capability Assessment for Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit as well as the Personal Independence Payment assessment.

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