Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 27836

Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 31 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Jon Trickett

LabourNormanton and Hemsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on in-work benefits in the last 12 months.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
There are no DWP benefits remaining that are solely payable to claimants in-work. Many allow for some element of earnings to be combined with benefit receipt, and the level of this spend on working as opposed to non-working claimants varies across differe...

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