Social Security Benefits: Disability
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Chapter three of the Government's Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024, if she will publish an outline of the scope of the Government's planned health and disability benefit reforms; what her planned timetable is implementing the reforms; and whether she has plans to consult (a) affected individuals and (b) relevant stakeholders on the proposals before the publication of the Spring 2025 Green Paper.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
We are working to develop proposals for health and disability reform in the months ahead and will set them out in a Green Paper in Spring. This will launch a consultation on the proposals, with a conclusion to be set out in a white paper later this year.
This Government is committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people at the heart of all that we do, so we will consult on these proposals, where appropriate, with disabled people and representative organisations.
Ahead of the formal consultation for the Green Paper, we have already started to explore ways of engaging with disabled people and their representatives, including through stakeholder roundtables and public visits. We look forward to progressing these initiatives over the coming months.
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