Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 11099

Disability: Costs

Tabled: 24 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Abtisam Mohamed

LabourSheffield Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published by Scope in September 2024, what estimate she has made of the extra costs incurred by disabled people.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
DWP pays close attention to the evidence base on the extra costs faced by disabled people; including academic research, analysis by Scope, and DWP’s own commissioned research on the Uses of Health and Disability Benefits from 2019. In order to understand ...

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