Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 902517

Employment and Support Allowance

Tabled: 28 January 2025

Answered: 3 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Dame Meg Hillier

Labour (Co-op) — Hackney South and Shoreditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the fixed disregard rate for the New Style Employment and Support Allowance.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The current disregard was set in 1999. We have no current plans to change it, but I will be interested in any proposals my hon friend brings forward.