Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Expenditure

2026-07-20 · Department for Work and Pensions · HL2382 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the estimation in Economic and Fiscal Outlook - March 2026 that health and disability benefits will increase to almost £110 billion by 2030.

Answer

The Department for Work and Pensions has slowed the increase in health and disability benefit caseloads, and in welfare spending as a proportion of GDP compared to the last Government. The Timms Review, the first ever full review of PIP, was launched to e...