Social Security Benefits

(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) disabled and (b) seriously unwell people with experience of the employment support allowance and personal independence payment assessment processes are consulted as part of the forthcoming green paper on health and disability support.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 27th April 2020

The Department will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support focusing on how the welfare system can better meet the needs of claimants with disabilities and health conditions, now and in the future.

As part of this wider work, we have been working closely with external stakeholders to inform our approach to reform the Work Capability Assessment. This engagement has included several events with service users to hear directly from individuals with experience of the assessment process, to better understand the issues with the current system as well as gathering their views on what a future assessment could look like. We plan to continue this valuable engagement to develop options for a reformed assessment.

Once published, during the Green Paper consultation period, we would welcome responses on how we improve the system from anyone with experiences of DWP services and we will be exploring ways to ensure disabled people can participate in consultation events.

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