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<p /> <p>The original estimate of the economic impact of the reassessment of Incapacity
Benefit claims from 2010 was a net saving of £1,000 million (net present value, 2009/10
prices) over the years 2009/10 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>This figure was published
by the previous Government on 29 March 2010 in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Employment
and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit)
(Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (2010 No. 875), published at this address: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf</a>.)</p><p>
</p><p>Actual savings from Incapacity Benefit reassessment are not available. Isolating
the impact of any single policy change becomes increasingly uncertain as new policy
beds into the benefits system, and becomes the norm.</p><p> </p><p>As Chris Grayling,
when Minister for Employment, said to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Incapacity
Benefit reassessment is not a savings measure – it is not a financially based exercise,
although clearly if we succeed it will save money – but is about identifying the people
who have the potential to return to work, and helping them to do so.</p><p> </p>
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