Question follow-through · 14841
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of assessing entitlement to benefits on individual income.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- State Retirement Pensions: Age · 9 Dec 2024
- State Retirement Pensions: Age · 9 Dec 2024
- Carers' Benefits · 11 Dec 2024
- Social Security Benefits: Veterans · 11 Dec 2024
- Social Security Benefits: Bank Services · 16 Dec 2024
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of assessing entitlement to benefits on individual income.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department provides support for different needs across a range of benefits. Each of these benefits has its own assessment criteria and entitlements dependent on the claimant’s circumstances. The Secretary of State continues to monitor all support prov...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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