We agree that the incapacity benefit system is broken. It focuses too much on what people cannot do and on assessing claimants’ eligibility for benefits, rather than on supporting them into work. As concluded by many of the most reputable authorities in this area, the disparity in rates and conditionality rules has no doubt impacted on economic inactivity. Whether people are being parked on benefits depends largely, however, on the barriers to their engaging with the available employment supp...

We agree that the incapacity benefit system is broken. It focuses too much on what people cannot do and on assessing claimants’ eligibility for benefits, rather than on supporting them into work. As concluded by many of the most reputable authorities in this area, the disparity in rates and conditionality rules has no doubt impacted on economic inactivity. Whether people are being parked on benefits depends largely, however, on the barriers to their engaging with the available employment support or attempting to move into work. The Government recognises this point in the Green Paper and has set out proposals to address the challenges. The suc Type: conclusion | Number: 2 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Severe Conditions Criteria (SCC) has been in use since September 2017 to reduce unnecessary disruption to customers with the most severe, lifelong conditions, for whom reassessment is unlikely to provide further new information or lead to a change in the