Welfare Reform Green Paper

No, there will be no targets. We are not going to follow that approach. It would be disreputable to go about reforming incapacity benefit in that way, but we are not going to write off people who happen to be of a certain age. We must look carefully at the support that we provide for older people. In many parts of the country, although perhaps not in my hon. Friend’s area, people are choosing to work longer, if possible. A modern, proper welfare state must provide employment support for people, irrespective of their age. However, we are not going after people in the way that my hon. Friend described—