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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-11-30more like thismore than 2016-11-30
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Work Capability Assessment: Multiple Sclerosis more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of Work Capability Assessments for people with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry South remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Jim Cunningham more like this
uin 55677 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-12-07more like thismore than 2016-12-07
answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) was been designed to take full account of how fluctuating conditions such as multiple sclerosis, affect a claimant’s ability to work. The WCA assesses individuals against a set of functional descriptors not specific conditions, as two people with the same condition can be affected in different ways and gives people the opportunity to explain how their condition varies over time.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper published on the 31 October seeks to make a positive change to how we help people with health conditions and disabilities to realise their potential and includes reforms to the WCA.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Portsmouth North more like this
answering member printed Penny Mordaunt more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-12-07T15:47:10.773Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-07T15:47:10.773Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham more like this