Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 19214
Children: Disability
Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024
Question
Ben Coleman
Labour — Chelsea 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 TimmsThe 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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