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Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011

I understand what the noble Lord has said about the category in which you end up. I accept that the evidence base is being built, but to a certain extent it is determined by clear objective factors such as whether you have been on IB or are on ESA, but also by the prognosis that the health professional has made at the WCA, which is much more subjective. A lot could hang on that decision—for example, whether the relevant period is three months or a bit longer. What is our experience of the ability of healthcare professionals to make those fine judgments?

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Reference

727 c1574 

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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