Written question asked by Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 30 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 May 2025. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 12 May 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Incapacity Benefit: Terminal Illnesses

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people with terminal illnesses who are younger than 22 who will lose (a) the health component of Universal Credit and (b) any other form of incapacity benefit.

Answer

We are currently consulting on whether to delay access to the health element of Universal Credit within the reformed system until someone is aged 22 as part of the ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’ Green Paper.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper#chapter-2-reforming-the-structure-of-the-health-and-disability-benefits-system

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

49686

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Health Incapacity benefit Universal credit Young people Terminal illnesses

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk