Question follow-through · 59459

Social Security Benefits: Disability and Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) health-related and (b) disability benefits in (i) Fylde constituency and (ii) Lancashire from 2025-26 to 2029-30 inclusive.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) health-related and (b) disability benefits in (i) Fylde constituency and (ii) Lancashire from 2025-26 to 2029-30 inclusive.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not produce forecasts of benefit expenditure at parliamentary constituency, county, or local authority level. Forecasts for health-related and disability benefits, such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support All...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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