Question follow-through · 27334
Disability: Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with disabilities at risk of food insecurity.
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
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with disabilities at risk of food insecurity.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
People with a health condition or disability may be eligible for a range of support such as Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit, premiums and additional amounts paid within the income-related benefits. In addition, the extra costs disabilit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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