Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 39220
Disability: Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed changes to disability benefits on public health inequalities.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsGood quality employment is an important determinant of health. The Marmot Review in 2010 concluded that to reduce health inequalities and improve the health of the nation we needed action on 6 policy objectives. One of those was the creation of fair emplo...
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