Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of reducing the work-related activity group employment and support allowance rate on the number of claimants who move into employment.

The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in Bill on 20th July.

Ministers have considered impacts with regard to all relevant legal obligations when formulating the welfare policies announced in the Bill.

The intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work and ensure work always pays.