The Work and Pensions Committee is undertaking a short inquiry into the impact of the Government’s proposals to reform the disability and health related benefits system, as set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper.
The Committee is not putting out a call for evidence, but the terms of reference are:
- to explore the issues with the social security system the Green Paper is seeking to address;
- to explore the evidence of the impacts of welfare changes on poverty and employment;
- to explore the experience of sick and disabled people of the current welfare system and their views on the impacts the changes could have on them; and
- to explore the link between health status and worklessness, and the potential impacts of the welfare changes on health status