Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64008

Social Security Benefits: Reform

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 7 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Mel Stride

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Oral Statement of 30 June 2025 on Welfare Reform, columns 23-25, whether (a) the cost of changes to her welfare reform proposals include the cost of the new severe conditions group

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

We published Impact Assessments alongside this Bill in the usual way. These set out who will be impacted, the financial implications of the changes and equality analysis.To account for the proposed changes to the Bill, the Impact Assessment will be revise...

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