Question follow-through · 41982
Disability: Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support severely disabled people who cannot work.
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
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support severely disabled people who cannot work.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
The social security system will always be there for those who can’t work. As part of making changes to the payment rates in Universal Credit, we will ensure that those with the most severe, lifelong conditions who will never be able to work have their inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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