Written questions

Social Security Benefits

Commons · Question 71037 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the (a) structure or (b) allocation of the welfare budget.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 7 Sep 2025

This Government is committed to a social security system which raises employment and living standards by supporting and incentivising people into work and to work more, reduces poverty by supporting people at times of higher cost and dependency, and promo...