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Debate between Alex Cunningham and Sarah Newton(5 years, 3 months ago)
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Sarah Newton
Universal credit provides tailor-made support for all people, including those with disabilities. Once somebody meets their work coach, they will have a personalised journey to support them into work and to make progress into work, and that can happen even before the work capability assessment is taken.
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Alex Cunningham and Sarah Newton(6 years, 6 months ago)
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The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work (Sarah Newton)
I thank my hon. Friend for that very important question. The length of an award is based on an individual’s circumstances: it can vary from an award of nine months to an ongoing award involving a light-touch review at the 10-year point. It is very unlikely that somebody he describes would have another face-to face assessment with a healthcare professional.
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)
We all know that the Government are bogged down in all manner of ways and that they have been slow to develop secondary legislation for several new Acts, but will Ministers tell the House when they will bring forward regulations to enact defined contribution and give pension savers the opportunity of the vastly increased benefits of those schemes that was predicted this week by the Pensions Policy Institute and Schroders?