Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HLWS190) announcing further support for women from Northern Ireland seeking an abortion in England, including support with travel costs for those meeting financial hardship criteria, what those criteria will be.

We have developed criteria similar to that used in the National Health Service low income scheme. To receive support for travel costs women must be in receipt of benefit, such as universal credit, jobseeker’s allowance or income support or have an income of £15,276 a year or less.