Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71743

Employment Support Allowance

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether existing claimants of Employment Support Allowance, who leave the social security system and later need to return to claim (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) Universal Health, will be cons

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Customers who leave the social security system and later need to return to claim New Style Employment Support Allowance or the Universal Credit health element will be considered new claimants, unless they stopped receiving Universal Credit as a result of ...
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