Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Get Britain Working, published in November 2024, when she plans to publish details of the planned public consultation; and what the timeline will be for different mechanisms of stakeholder engagement.

The Get Britain Working White Paper outlines the government's commitment to engage with stakeholders on the detailed policy development and implementation of reforms.

We are engaging with disabled people, and others with relevant expertise and experience, to consider how to address challenges and build a better system. We are working to establish the Disability Advisory Panel which will consult disabled people to ensure their views and voices are at the heart of the design and delivery of our reforms.

To inform our approach, we have met with external and internal stakeholders, including the NHS Confederation, Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel, and representatives from the Disability Charities Consortium and Disabled People’s Organisation Forum England.

Further engagement will begin based on the findings from the Keep Britain Working review discovery phase, which is expected to be published in March 2025.

We are working to develop proposals for reform to the system of health and disability benefits and will set them out in a Green Paper in the spring.