PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(21 January 2025)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing the (a) Low Income Benefits, (b) Disability and (c) Pensioner Cost of Living payment.

Asked by:
Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The Cost of Living Payments were intended to relieve the immediate financial pressures caused by the rapid rise in cost of living. There are no plans to reintroduce these payments.


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