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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-21more like thismore than 2018-03-21
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
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 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, with reference to her Department's internal review in 2009 of the descriptors in the work capability assessment, if she will publish the evidential basis for the choice of descriptors used in the work capability assessment; and whether her Department (a) consulted external bodies and (b) commissioned independent research when deciding on those descriptors. more like this
tabling member constituency Battersea more like this
tabling member printed
Marsha De Cordova remove filter
uin 133576 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-28more like thismore than 2018-03-28
answer text <p>The review engaged with medical experts, stakeholders and employers in expert case analysis and group descriptor analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how the review was conducted and what evidence was taken into account before the group proposed descriptors for the Work Capability Assessment can be found in the published report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110601194444/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/work-capability-assessment-review.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110601194444/http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/work-capability-assessment-review.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In November 2010, Professor Malcolm Harrington published his Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment, the first of five annual Independent Reviews.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth more like this
answering member printed Sarah Newton more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-28T15:44:50.857Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-28T15:44:50.857Z
answering member
4071
label Biography information for Sarah Newton more like this
tabling member
4676
label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova more like this