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.
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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
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.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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