Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 59523

Social Security Benefits: Learning Disability

Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Richard Foord

Liberal DemocratHoniton and Sidmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out what (a) support and (b) safeguards are in place to assist adults with intellectual disabilities in completing benefit application forms; and whether information provided when applyi

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department is committed to pursuing a just, equal and inclusive society, ensuring independence and control for all customers, including all disabled people and those with complex needs. This means we need to ensure that our customers have access to re...

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