Work Capability Assessment Debate
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Baroness Uddin
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(9 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Freud
Details of the new contract will be published on Contracts Finder by the end of November.
Baroness Uddin (Non-Afl)
My Lords, only recently, almost half of work capability assessment appeals were successful. New leaked papers tell us that even where eligibility is conceded and faulty work capability assessment decisions are reversed, employment and support allowance is providing less support to disabled people. Can the Minister rule out an announcement of new cuts to ESA in this Parliament?
Lord Freud
If the noble Baroness is referring to a newspaper story about 50p, I can assure her that that is not government policy.