Social Security Benefits

(asked on 25th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has accrued to the public purse as a result of the benefits freeze in (a) each parliamentary constituency (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 4th March 2019

An estimate of the notional loss to household income as a result of the benefit freeze can be found at: https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf

No assessment has been made of this saving by parliamentary constituency or country.

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