Question follow-through · 41079
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential impact of changes to disability benefits on the court appeals system.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential impact of changes to disability benefits on the court appeals system.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
DWP will work with the Ministry of Justice to prepare a Justice Impact Test to assess the impacts of proposed policy changes on the justice system.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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