Roger Godsiff – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2015-12-14.

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.

Priti Patel

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.