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Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on people in working poverty.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
13 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on people in working poverty.

  2. 13 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts. However, this assessment does not include the impact of the £1 billion a year, by 2029/30, fun...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Social Security Benefits: Disability

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Unemployment: Young People

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Equal Pay: Disability

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Poverty: Children

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Benefits Rules: Supported Housing

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of benefit rules on the risk of supported housing residents who increase their working hours being in rent arrears.

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Disability: Employment

1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce inequalities for young disabled people in the labour market.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Disability: Further Education and Training

1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support young disabled people into further (a) training and (b) education.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Disability: Employment

3 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help tackle inequalities experienced by young disabled people at work.