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<p>We published our response to the consultation on changes to the Work Capability
Assessment criteria on 22 November, having carefully considered feedback from disabled
people, and people with health conditions, as well as the organisations that represent
and support them.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation was open from 5 September to 30 October
2023. This gave ample time for people to share their views. We undertook extensive
engagement during the consultation period and received over 1,300 responses. We listened
carefully to what people told us and took their views into account when deciding about
which changes to take forward.</p><p> </p><p>We also did a lot of work to make sure
disabled people could share their views. We provided the consultation document in
a range of accessible formats, including large print, Easy Read, Braille, Audio, BSL
and hard copy versions. We ran a programme of in-person and virtual public events,
so that people could share their views verbally and offered a range of methods to
enable people to respond in writing, including online, by email or by post.</p><p>We
will publish an Impact Assessment in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR have said that
they expect these changes to mean that 371,000 fewer people will be declared as having
Limited Capability for Work Related Activity by 2028/29 than otherwise would be the
case. HMT have published the impacts in their policy costing note that accompanies
the Autumn Statement.</p>
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