questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of the legal fees incurred in the judicial review of the work capability assessment consultation.
answerText: Judgment was handed down in the Work Capability Assessment (WCA): Activities and Descriptors consultation Judicial Review on 16 January 2025. DWP’s litigation costs between 1 November 2023 and 21 January 2025 were £211,345.42. DWP has been ordered to pay ...
heading: Work Capability Assessment: Public Consultation