Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 57141
Employment and Support Allowance: Uprating
Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 12 June 2025
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people on legacy Employment and Support Allowance receive the same inflation increase as people on other benefits.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsEmployment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a single benefit with two strands, contribution-based ESA, ESA C (which was rebadged New Style ESA (NS ESA)), and income-related ESA (ESA IR). Legacy ESA is made up of a contributory (ESA C) and income-related str...
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