Welfare Reform

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 4:04 pm on 11 October 2010.

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Photo of Sheila Gilmore Sheila Gilmore Labour, Edinburgh East 4:04, 11 October 2010

Given the large number of my constituents and many others who had problems with the work capability test under the previous system, can the Secretary of State assure us that he has already reviewed the test prior to rolling out the new pilots, rather than leaving it as it is and piloting yet again? What full report is there on the outcomes of the system thus far? In Scotland, the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux published a report that was highly critical of the system that was in place. Although a lot of us agree with it in principle, we know that when it comes to individual people the situation is very different.