Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61339

Universal Credit: Veterans

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to allow veterans in receipt of the Armed Forces Independence Payment to claim the new health-related Universal Credit support.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Green Paper, “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working” announced that we would be scrapping the Work Capability Assessment and moving to a single assessment for financial support related to health and disability benefit...

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