Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 77459
Social Security Benefits: Disability
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025
Question
Andrew George
Liberal Democrat — St Ives
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the number of claimants in poverty.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled. This estimates that there will be 50,000 fewer individuals in relative ...
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