Disability: Universal Credit
The question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on disabled people.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
We want disabled people, where they can, to be able to thrive in work. The current system traps people out of work, so the UK, uniquely in the G7, still has a lower employment rate than before the pandemic. The Bill removes work disincentives, increasing the Universal Credit Standard Allowance above inflation for the first time ever.
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