PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Work Capability Assessment: Exemptions (12 October 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which disabilities and health conditions are now exempt from work capability re-assessments for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) universal credit.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

Rather than setting out a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria for stopping routine assessments in Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit is based on a set of functional descriptors to determine how an illness or disability affects an individual’s ability to work.

Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
19 October 2017