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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-10-12more like thismore than 2017-10-12
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the response by the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 12 September 2017 to the letter from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, on stopping of repeated work capability assessments for people who have lifelong, progressive, degenerative or incurable conditions, how that status will be determined; and whether people with such conditions who are already in receipt of employment and support allowance will be required to undergo a further work capability assessment to determine that status. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh East more like this
tabling member printed
Tommy Sheppard more like this
uin 107522 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-10-17more like thismore than 2017-10-17
answer text <p>We will consider whether a claimant meets the criteria for stopping routine assessments as part of our existing WCA process, which involves assessing individuals against a set of functional descriptors to determine how their illness or disability affects their ability to work. The criteria are being considered as part of a claimant’s initial or next WCA.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Portsmouth North more like this
answering member printed Penny Mordaunt remove filter
question first answered
less than 2017-10-17T14:07:09.09Zmore like thismore than 2017-10-17T14:07:09.09Z
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 Tommy Sheppard more like this