Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled New Chance to Work Guarantee will remove barriers to work for millions, published on 22 November 2023, what her Department's (a) planned timetable is bringing the Chance to Work Guarantee into effect and (b) policy is on reassessments of claimants on the (i) Employment and Support Allowance and the (ii) Universal Credit health journey (1) before and (2) after the planned changes to the Work Capability Assessment descriptors are implemented; and what steps she plans to take to review her Department's policy on reassessments for claimants on health-related benefits who move into employment.

We are committed to delivering on our manifesto pledge to give disabled people the confidence to start working without the fear of an immediate benefit reassessment if it does not work out. We will set out plans for this in due course.