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Social Security Benefits: Reform

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 3 April 2025UIN 41664

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed reductions in the welfare budget on local government services.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

No assessment has been made.A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will be developed and undertaken in the coming months.

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