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Work Capability Assessment

Asked by Steve WitherdenLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 43262

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department will determine which claimants will be exempt from the new baseline expectation of engagement or work-related requirements once the Work Capability Assessment is scrapped.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

We recognise that some people may not be able to engage with new baseline expectations. We are consulting on how we should determine who should be subject to attend meetings only rather than also have wider conditionality requirements, and how we should determine which individuals or groups of individuals should be exempt from requirements completely.

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