Universal Credit: Disability
Commons · Question 80354 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the Universal Credit Health Element on poverty among disabled people.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 22 Oct 2025
The Department published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the health/disability benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled. This estimates that there will be 50,000 fewer indivi...