Question follow-through · 27836
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on in-work benefits in the last 12 months.
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
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on in-work benefits in the last 12 months.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
There are no DWP benefits remaining that are solely payable to claimants in-work. Many allow for some element of earnings to be combined with benefit receipt, and the level of this spend on working as opposed to non-working claimants varies across differe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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