PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disability (26 May 2016)
Question Asked
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people are not disproportionately affected by reductions in government expenditure.
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
Answer
The Government has protected the value of disability benefits, exempting these payments from the uprating freeze and exempting those in receipt of them from the benefit cap.
Disability spending will be higher in every year to 2020 relative to both 2010 and to today.
Answered by:
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
7 June 2016
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