PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 December 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of increases in the cost of living on disabled people.
Asked by:
Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The extra costs disability benefits are not means–tested, paid regardless of any income or savings and worth up to £9,580 a year, tax free.
They were uprated by 6.7 per cent from April and will be uprated by 1.7 per cent from next April subject to Parliamentary approval.
Answered by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
16 December 2024
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