Rupa Huq MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Social Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to people who suffer with disabilities after retirement.
Answer: Attendance Allowance (AA) is a weekly benefit for those over State Pension age who require care or supervision as a result of a physical or mental disability. AA is paid at two rates. A higher rate of £110.40 a week for claimants who need help or supervis...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support disabled people in the workplace.
Answer: It is vital that workplaces are inclusive so disabled people have the same opportunities to get work, stay in work and progress in their careers. That is why I have asked Sir Charlie Mayfield, the former boss of John Lewis, to lead an independent review i...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: FamiliesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department uses the family test; and what her Department's policy is on the publication of family test impact assessments.
Answer: DWP uses the Family Test during policy development and promotes its use across government.Family Test assessments are not routinely published by DWP. Decisions on the publication of Family Test assessments fall within the responsibility of each Government...
Answered 12 May 2025
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