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Means-tested Benefits: Learning Disability

Asked by Mr James FrithLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 27 January 2026UIN 107116

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of people with a learning disability of working age in England in receipt of a means tested benefit.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department has not made such an estimate.

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