Universal Credit: Veterans
Commons · Question 61339 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
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
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 26 Jun 2025
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...