Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 31 March 2025.
Danny Kruger
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the green paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, if she will make it her policy to publish an evaluation of the effectiveness of her proposed reforms once implemented in increasing long-term employment outcomes for disabled people.
Stephen Timms
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, Minister for Equalities (Department for Education)
We anticipate that we will assess effectiveness of Pathways to Work measures in the usual way, including through evaluation of their implementation and the impacts that they have on employment, incomes, benefit receipt and other indicators. We will publish more information on our evaluation strategy in due course.
Yes1 person thinks so
No2 people think not
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