Question follow-through · 53044

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department's publication entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025, what recent assessment she has made

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
22 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department's publication entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025, what recent assessment she has made

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 May 2025

    Answer published

    No estimate has been made.I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 April 2025 to question number 47657. The answer can be found here: Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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