United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 156357
Employment and Support Allowance
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22 February 2021
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25 February 2021 · Answer
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25 February 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide increased support to employment and support allowance claimants awaiting face-to-face assessments for higher rate benefits.
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22 February 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide increased support to employment and support allowance claimants awaiting face-to-face assessments for higher rate benefits.
Source: Commons
25 February 2021
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 2020. This temporary suspension, brought in to protect people from unnecessary risk of coronaviru...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-22/156357
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1287922
- uk · wq-1287922 · source updated 25 February 2021