Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 19214

Children: Disability

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Ben Coleman

LabourChelsea and Fulham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the additional costs to families for raising a disabled child.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The DWP pays close attention to the evidence base on the extra costs faced by disabled children, including external academic research but does not endorse a particular external study. For example, Scope’s Disability Price Tag (2023) uses a sensitive econo...

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