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Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support people with disabilities to meet the cost of (a) energy bills and (b) transport (i) to medical appointments and (ii) in genera

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support people with disabilities to meet the cost of (a) energy bills and (b) transport (i) to medical appointments and (ii) in genera

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    I have regular meetings with colleagues across Government on ways to support disabled people meet the additional costs that can arise from a long-term health condition or disability. My department provides support with the additional generality of costs t...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Adult Education

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Employment: Older People

11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help improve employment opportunities for older people.

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Unemployment

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Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he has considered the potential merits of preventing foreign nationals from being able to claim universal credit.

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Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the total cost to the public purse of universal credit payments for foreign nationals in the last 5 years.

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Personal Independence Payment

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Personal Independence Payment

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