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Written question asked by Fabian Hamilton (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 March 2025. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Thursday, 3 April 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Social Security Benefits: Reform

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed welfare reforms on levels of economic inactivity.

Answer

No estimate has yet been made.

As announced in the Green Paper, we will build towards a guarantee of personalised employment, health and skills support for anyone on out of work benefits with a work-limiting health condition or disability who wants it. Catalysed by an additional £1 billion a year by 2029/2030, this will improve returns to work and prevent economic inactivity, as part of rebalancing spending towards work over welfare.

A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will be developed and undertaken in the coming months.

As stated in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook, OBR plan to work with the Treasury and DWP to further scrutinise both the direct and indirect effects of these welfare and employment support policies ahead of their next forecast, alongside the effects of any further measures from the Green Paper that have been sufficiently developed.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41386
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Reform Unemployment Social security benefits
Link
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