We are concerned that there is not sufficient capacity in the system to absorb the number of claimants who will be made subject to conditionality, or increased conditionality, following announcements made in the 2023 Spring Budget and 2023 Autumn Statement, as well as planned changes to the Work Capability Assessment. This could have a negative impact on claimants and on Work Coaches, who conduct Benefit levels in the U 77 valued work in our constituencies. To improve transparency, the Depart...

We are concerned that there is not sufficient capacity in the system to absorb the number of claimants who will be made subject to conditionality, or increased conditionality, following announcements made in the 2023 Spring Budget and 2023 Autumn Statement, as well as planned changes to the Work Capability Assessment. This could have a negative impact on claimants and on Work Coaches, who conduct Benefit levels in the U 77 valued work in our constituencies. To improve transparency, the Department should include in its quarterly statistics release, the number of Work Coaches and the average number of claimants they are responsible for. This wo Type: conclusion | Number: 19 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Department is committed to delivering the appropriate employment and health support to disabled people and people with health conditions who are impacted by the work capability assessment changes to support them to move closer to or into work. In line w