Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 107116

Means-tested Benefits: Learning Disability

Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Mr James Frith

LabourBury North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of people with a learning disability of working age in England in receipt of a means tested benefit.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department has not made such an estimate.