| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Veterans |
| Question ID: |
1814438 |
| UIN: |
61197 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4630 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Lake
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenMLake
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenMLake
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of automatically exempting armed forces veterans with severe, long-term PTSD from repeat disability assessments. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Currently, Work Capability Assessment re-assessments are prioritised for customers on Employment and Support Allowance and the health element of Universal Credit who report a change in their health condition. Routine department-led reassessments are sched... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |