Welfare Reform Bill

So, as I said, those assessed as being in the non-support group will undergo a further work-focused assessment. As I understood her, the Minister said that the department had not yet decided whether that assessment would be made by the same people who made the first assessment. Since knowledge of the employment market is so important in this, it would be sensible for the assessments to be conducted by different people. I leave that thought with the Minister. She might want to say something now, but I would be happy to have a letter on the subject on the department’s current thinking.