United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 17775
Social Security Benefits: Long Covid
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17 June 2021
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21 June 2021 · Answer
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21 June 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will (a) recognise long covid as a disability and (b) take steps to ensure that people who have been diagnosed with that illness are able to access disability benefits.
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17 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will (a) recognise long covid as a disability and (b) take steps to ensure that people who have been diagnosed with that illness are able to access disability benefits.
Source: Commons
21 June 2021
Answer
The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment and the Work Capability Assessment (which assesses whether a claimant for Universal Credit (UC) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has limited capability for work), are functional assessments that ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-17/17775
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1337883
- uk · wq-1337883 · source updated 21 June 2021