Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment
(asked on 16th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an equalities impact assessment of the proposal to end Work Capability Assessments and remove the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity element from Universal Credit.
This question was answered on 21st March 2023
The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to meeting its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and has considered equality impacts in its work on removing the Work Capability Assessment. This will be kept under regular review as the policy develops.