PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Work Capability Assessment (2 July 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions based on work capability assessments were overturned during the completion of the mandatory reconsideration period in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.

Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)

Answer

The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration (MR) is operating.

However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available at this time.


Answered by:
Sir Mike Penning (Conservative)
7 July 2014

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