Question follow-through · 42683

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, and report entitled Spring Statement 2025 hea

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
3 Apr 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, and report entitled Spring Statement 2025 hea

  2. 3 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Information on the impacts of the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper” will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement.Future publications will includ...

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