Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department amended the draft Right to Try regulations from The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026 following the publication of the report by the Social Security Advisory Committee entitled The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026, published on 13 April 2026.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
We carefully considered the Social Security Advisory Committee’s report and have taken its recommendations on board. While the regulations were laid to provide immediate clarity that work, in and of itself, will not trigger a reassessment, the Department has committed to a programme of further work in response to the Committee’s feedback.
This includes strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of the Right to Try approach and ensuring that clear communications and appropriate safeguards are in place so claimants can engage with work confidently.
The Secretary of State has written to the Committee setting out these commitments, and officials are now taking this work forward to ensure the policy delivers as intended in practice.
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