Question follow-through · 50524

Health: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of potential additional costs to his Department of the provisions outlined in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of potential additional costs to his Department of the provisions outlined in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, and our mission-driven approach relies on regular cross-Government collaboration. The Department of Health and Social Care is working wit...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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