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Employment and Support Allowance

Asked by Dame Meg HillierLabour (Co-op)Department for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 902517

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the fixed disregard rate for the New Style Employment and Support Allowance.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The current disregard was set in 1999. We have no current plans to change it, but I will be interested in any proposals my hon friend brings forward.

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