Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 48346

Social Security Benefits: Disability

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed disability benefit changes on the length of NHS waiting lists.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
This Government has already started to bring about change to address health-related economic inactivity. We are injecting almost £26 billion of extra funding next year to get the health and social care system back on its feet and bring down waiting lists....

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