Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating benefits in line with inflation at the Spring 2022 Budget.
The increase in benefits is linked to the rate of inflation to September 2021 which is published in October. This is the latest date the Secretary of State can use to deliver the required legislative and operational changes before new rates can be introduced at the start of the following financial year.