Question follow-through · 40725

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those refor

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
31 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those refor

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 31 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get B...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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