Question follow-through · 39661

Social Security Benefits: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential impact of her Department's welfare reforms on people in Northern Ireland.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
28 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential impact of her Department's welfare reforms on people in Northern Ireland.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The department works closely with all the Devolved Governments, including the Northern Ireland Executive, on a range of policy matters.Proposals for reform to the system of health and disability benefits were set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper pu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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