Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 37988 on Social Security Benefits, if she will make it her Department's policy to write to all those claimants who have undergone an assessment for (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payment to (i) notify those claimants of that consultation and (ii) seek the views of those claimants on those green paper proposals.

We are committed to ensuring that the Health and Disability Green Paper addresses the right challenges and issues in the welfare system and that action is influenced strongly by our stakeholders and people who use our services.

To achieve this, it is important that we get a wide range of views from the many users of our services, once the Green Paper is published. We are actively considering the best ways to do this. The suggestion made, however, is not an option we are currently considering due to the resource requirement involved, which may prove disproportionate, and that many people may not welcome such an approach.

During the Green Paper consultation period, we would welcome responses on how to improve the system from anyone with experience of DWP services. Details of how to respond will be set out when published.