Poverty: Disability
Commons · Question 45226 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her proposed reforms to the welfare system on the poverty rate for households with at least one disabled (a) child and (b) adult.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 28 Apr 2025
No assessment has been made on this basis.Definitions of disability in the Policy Simulation Model, which is used to model poverty impacts of a policy, differ from those used in the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) poverty statistics. It has therefo...