Beta This is a new service and it is still being tested. Tell us about a problem.

Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 5 February 2014 to 27 November 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 9 April 2014: Rachael Holmes, Head of Policy Research, Families, Welfare and Work, Citizens Advice, Tom Pollard, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Social Inclusion and Rights, Mind, Donna O’Brien, Social Policy and Campaigns Advisor, Parkinson's UK, Anna Bird, Head of Public Policy and Research, Scope, and Joanna Kennedy, Chief Executive, Zacchaeus 2000 Trust.
  • 7 May 2014: HH Judge Robert Martin, President of the Social Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal; Kevin Sadler, Director of Civil, Families and Tribunals, HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Richard Mason, Deputy Director for Civil Justice, Administrative Justice, Coroners, Burials, Cremations and Inquiries, Ministry of Justice
  • 14 May 2014: Professor Malcolm Harrington CBE, author of the first three independent reviews of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and Dr Paul Litchfield OBE, author of the fourth independent review of the WCA
  • 9 June 2014: Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President, Health Market, Atos; Dr Angela Graham, Clinical Director and Helen Hall, Head of Communications and Customer Relations, Atos Healthcare
  • 11 June 2014: Rt Hon Mike Penning MP, Minister of State for Disabled People, Jason Feeney CBE, Benefits Director, Department for Work and Pensions, James Bolton, Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions, and Iain Walsh, Deputy Director, Working Age Benefits Division, Department for Work and Pensions