Disability

(asked on 26th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people are not disproportionately affected by reductions in government expenditure.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 7th June 2016

The Government has protected the value of disability benefits, exempting these payments from the uprating freeze and exempting those in receipt of them from the benefit cap.

Disability spending will be higher in every year to 2020 relative to both 2010 and to today.

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