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Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with (a) deaf and (b) disabled people’s organisations on the potential impact of proposed disability benefit changes.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 7 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2025
Answer: 23 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with (a) deaf and (b) disabled people’s organisations on the potential impact of proposed disability benefit changes.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 20 March to PQ 37556 A full suite of accessible versions is now available, and the consultation will close on 30 June 2025, to ensure that everyone has sufficient time to engage with and respond to the consu...

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