Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 26261

Social Security Benefits: Disability

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21895 on Benefits for people with disabilities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the benefits available for people with disabilities.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
There are a wide range of studies and estimates for the extra cost of disability. As such, there is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of the extra costs disability benefits should be, and everyone has different requirements reflecting th...

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