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Select committee: Work and Pensions Committee

4th Special Report - Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work: Government Response

Published 23 October 2025

Work and Pensions Committee Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work Report on parliament.uk ↗

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The government's response

This document responds to 3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work.

This is the government's response, published 23 October 2025.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government "supports" the Committee's conclusion that the incapacity benefit system is broken, welcomes the report, and on most recommendations sets out existing measures or says it is considering consultation responses, with plans to follow "in due course".

  • On raising the age of access to the UC Health Element to 22, it is "considering the responses to this consultation" and "will set out the policy direction in due course".
  • On conditionality for disabled people, it "recognise[s] the need to provide further detail and clarity" and will share its proposals "in due course".
  • On standard allowance increases and the UC health element, it points to the Universal Credit Act 2025, states the lower health element "will take effect on 6 April 2026", and says it "will keep standard allowance rates under review".
  • On devolution, it says discussions with the Scottish Government on "the interactions between the devolved and reserved systems" are "ongoing".

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