Social Security Benefits: Health and Disability
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of spending on health and disability benefits by the end of the decade.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
Incapacity and disability benefits spending is forecast to increase by £15.5 billion to £90.7 billion by 2029/30.
This includes a rise in spending on working-age benefits from £10.3 billion to £65.4 billion.
Without the 2025 Spring Statement measures, working-age benefits spending would be £4.5 billion higher by 2029/30.
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