Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

(asked on 13th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to guidance issued to staff regarding the Right to Try regulations, what checks are in place to ensure that an order made by a decision-maker for a new a) work capability assessment or b) personal independence payment assessment is appropriate.


Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 2nd June 2026

This Government is committed to giving disabled people and people with health conditions the confidence that working will not trigger a reassessment and a potential loss of benefits.

Under the Right to Try regulations, staff cannot order a new Work Capability Assessment or Personal Independence Payment assessment solely because a claimant has started paid or voluntary work.

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