Question follow-through · 905475

Disability: Universal Credit

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on disabled people.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
28 Aug 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on disabled people.

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    We want disabled people, where they can, to be able to thrive in work. The current system traps people out of work, so the UK, uniquely in the G7, still has a lower employment rate than before the pandemic. The Bill removes work disincentives, increasing ...

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