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Social Security Benefits: Disability

Asked by Cat SmithLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 29 July 2024UIN 1285

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published in April 2024.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The consultation on the Modernising Support Green Paper closed on Monday 22 July. Over 16,000 responses have been received and we will review these responses.

The proposals in this Green Paper were developed by the previous government. We will be considering our own approach to social security in due course.

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