Question follow-through · 11199
Universal Credit: Severe Disability Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration his department has made of the potential merits of introducing an equivalent to Severe Disability Premium in Universal Credit.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration his department has made of the potential merits of introducing an equivalent to Severe Disability Premium in Universal Credit.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jul 2026
Answer published
In the legacy benefits (e.g. Employment & Support Allowance (ESA), Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and Income Support (IS)) there were multiple disability premia (e.g. Disability Premium, Enhanced Disability Premium and Severe Disability Premium). These w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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