Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all staff employed by Atos Healthcare to perform the company's contract with his Department for the conduct of work capability assessments will receive full protection under TUPE provisions.

When Atos Healthcare withdraws from the delivery of work capability assessments in February 2015, a new national provider will be brought in. It is expected that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations will apply and most of the Atos Healthcare employees will transfer to the new provider.