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<p>The consultation closed on Monday 30 October and covered a range of options on
the Work Capability Assessment. We received over 1,300 responses to the consultation
and these are now being considered.</p><p>The department has developed estimates of
the number of claimants impacted across the range of options being considered in the
Work Capability Assessment activities and descriptors consultation.</p><p>Assessing
poverty impacts would involve projecting forward every household’s income and individual
circumstances, which is not possible to do with confidence.</p>
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