Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department plans to use to determine when to end Universal Credit reassessments for people who are incapable of ever working.

Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill legislates that those who meet the Severe Conditions Criteria (SCC) will not be called for reassessment for Universal Credit (UC).

The Severe Conditions Criteria are set out in the Bill, which was introduced to the House on 18 June 2025 and can be found here:

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0267/240267.pdf