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Lords Chamber
Welfare Reform - Tue 18 Mar 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) One in 10 people of working age are now claiming a sickness or disability benefit. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) One in 10 working-age people now gets a sickness or disability benefit. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) I mentioned earlier that the prevalence of disability has increased. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) Adult disability payment, ADP, is replacing PIP and DLA in Scotland. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) As she mentioned, the Scottish Government’s adult disability payment replaced PIP. - Speech Link


Draft Secondary Legislation
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025

Published - Wednesday 15th January 2025

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

This Order is made as a consequence of a review under sections 150 and 151A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the Administration Act”) and includes details of the sums mentioned in those sections.

Found: severe disability premium)— (i)for “£89.63” substitute “£91.15”; (ii)for “£183.52” substitute “£186.64


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 15 Jan 2025 In Force Not stated

Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

This Order is made as a consequence of a review under sections 150 and 151A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the Administration Act”) and includes details of the sums mentioned in those sections.

Found: severe disability premium)— (i)for “£89.63” substitute “£91.15”; (ii)for “£183.52” substitute “£186.64


Scottish Government Publication (Statistics)
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate

Jan. 28 2025

Source Page: Scottish House Condition Survey: Methodology Notes 2023
Document: 2023 Scottish House Condition survey Technical and Methodological Notes (PDF)

Found: element; - A disabled child premium; - A disability premium, enhanced disability premium or severe


Select Committee
Letter from Richard Hughes, Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (13 November 2024)

Correspondence Nov. 19 2024

Committee: Economic Affairs Committee

Found: There are separate descriptors for more severe incapacity and less severe incapacity (though there


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 17 Jan 2025 In Force 11 Feb 2025

Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

Section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) requires each billing authority in England to make a scheme specifying the reductions which are to apply to amounts of council tax payable by persons, or classes of person, whom the billing authority considers are in financial need. …

Found: payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland


Select Committee
TUC
PTW0010 - Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work

Written Evidence May. 07 2025

Inquiry: Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: respond to this inquiry, and to share our initial views on the impacts of DWP’s announced changes to disability


Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Oct. 22 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.
Document: 028_Carers_V25.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: and work-related activity Carer -related benefits where the severely disabled person receives the Severe


Commons Chamber
Welfare Reform - Tue 18 Mar 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) in disability benefits is double the rate of increasing prevalence of working-age disability in the - Speech Link
2: Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) employment gap and the disability pay gap? - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I go on the tube twice a week, and the disability seat in the carriage says “Not every disability is - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Pensioner Poverty - Thu 06 Feb 2025

Mentions:
1: None longer eligible for the carer support payment.If they get pension credit, they get an extra carer premium - Speech Link
2: None However, if they qualify for carers allowance or a disability premium—that is for folk on a disability - Speech Link
3: None benefits appear to do better than other pensioners because they get those disability benefits. - Speech Link