Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, reference to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, what estimate she has made of the cost by budget headline of the integration of assessment services due to be implemented from 2021.

DWP is committed to achieving value for money and is focussed on achieving the best outcomes for customers. We are in the process of designing the new service around customers, engaging with the market and shaping our approach to safe implementation, all of which needs to be complete as part Department’s business case process, as you would expect from any new service being developed.