Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 19 May 2021Answered: 25 May 2021

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Emma Reynolds)

I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his place. Pensioners with a long-term health condition or disability may be eligible for disability-related benefits, such as disability living allowance or attendance allowance, and these benefits also provide for an additional amount in pension credit for those on low incomes.