| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Disability |
| Question ID: |
1744110 |
| UIN: |
15723 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
410 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jon Trickett
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| Asking Member handle: |
jon_trickett
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jon_trickett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of disability benefits in (a) 2025 and (b) 2026. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-11-29 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
Forecast expenditure on Disability benefits are only available by financial year, in 2025/26 they’re forecast to be £43.8 billion, and £46.4 billion in 2026-27. (Figures quoted in real terms based on 2024/25 prices). Disability benefits expenditure covers... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |