Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people whose only source of income is (i) Employment Support Allowance (ESA), (ii) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (iii) ESA and PIP in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI), will not be eligible for the loans which replace SMI in April 2018.

All claimants currently receiving support for mortgage interest will be eligible to receive a loan from April 2018.