Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 39325

Social Security Benefits: Disability

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis is for the proposition that reducing levels of disability benefits leads to increased levels of employment.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We have evidence that delivering better and more tailored employment support can get more people off welfare, and into work - alongside a higher expectation to engage with that support. Therefore, we are investing £1 billion a year by the end of the decad...
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