Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 41982

Disability: Unemployment

Tabled: 27 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support severely disabled people who cannot work.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The social security system will always be there for those who can’t work. As part of making changes to the payment rates in Universal Credit, we will ensure that those with the most severe, lifelong conditions who will never be able to work have their inc...
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