United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 109350
Social Security Benefits: Disability
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30 October 2020
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4 November 2020 · Answer
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4 November 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of permanently removing the need for face-to-face assessments for disabled claimants following the temporary introduction of that policy during the c
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30 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of permanently removing the need for face-to-face assessments for disabled claimants following the temporary introduction of that policy during the c
Source: Commons
4 November 2020
Answer
The health and safety of our claimants and staff is our key priority. We suspended all face-to-face assessments for sickness and disability benefits in March. This temporary suspension, brought in to protect people from unnecessary risk of coronavirus at ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-30/109350
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1247587
- uk · wq-1247587 · source updated 4 November 2020