PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Work Capability Assessment: Mental Illness (29 October 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in piloting reasonable adjustments to the work capability assessment for people with mental health problems.

Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)

The Department has been working closely with its new provider, the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) to develop and test new processes for obtaining further evidence as part of the Work Capability Assessment. An initial test of these new processes should start by the end of the year.

Answered by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
5 November 2015