Social Security Benefits: Disability
Commons · Question 77459 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew George
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the number of claimants in poverty.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 15 Oct 2025
The Department published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled. This estimates that there will be 50,000 fewer individuals in relative ...