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1717072

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to estimate the additional costs disabled people incur as a result of their conditions or impairments.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	25602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p><em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em> looks at different options to reshape the current welfare system so that we can provide better targeted support to those who need it most. Chapter 3 ‘PIP – What do we provide support for?’ explores the types of extra costs disabled people or people with long-term health conditions have, recognising each individual has different costs and experiences.</p><p>We are gathering information through our 12-week consultation which was published on Monday 29 April and will close on Monday 22 July at 11:59pm.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage everyone to respond to the consultation which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modernising-support-for-independent-living-the-health-and-disability-green-paper" target="_blank">here,</a> so that we are able to hear from as many disabled people, people with health conditions, their representatives, and local stakeholders as possible on these important issues.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:07:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1716472

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the number and proportion of disabled people facing one-off extra costs related to their disability.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	25139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on the 14<sup>th</sup> of May to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-03/24769" target="_blank">24769</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2024 16:33:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1715791

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average extra costs that disabled people face as a result of their disability compared to people who are not disabled.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	24769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. Over recent years, the government has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the most vulnerable with one of the largest support packages in Europe. The total support over 2022- 2025 to help households and individuals with higher bills amounts to £108 billion – an average of £3,800 per UK household.</p><p> </p><p>We provided a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 in June/July 2023 to people in receipt of certain disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA). This is in addition to the £150 payment paid in September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that nearly 60 per cent of individuals who received an extra costs disability benefit would have received the means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payments, worth up to £900.</p><p> </p><p>We also increased extra costs disability benefits by 10.1 per cent from April 2023 and by 6.7% from April 2024 in line with the Consumer Price Index.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24770 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:25:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1715551

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department calculates the estimated cost of living for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	24667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>No such estimates have been made</p><p> </p><p>As of April 2024, the rate of inflation has slowed, and the Government has also implemented uprating to benefits to reflect increased costs. We also increased extra costs disability benefits by 10.1 per cent from April 2023 and by 6.7% from April 2024 in line with the Consumer Price Index.</p><p> </p><p>For 2023/24 we estimate that nearly 60 per cent of individuals who received an extra costs disability benefit would have received the means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payments, worth up to £900. Over 85 per cent would have received either or both of the means-tested and the £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment.</p><p> </p><p>An evaluation of the Cost of Living Payments is underway. This will seek to understand their effectiveness as a means of support for low-income and vulnerable household.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24668 question first answered 08/05/2024 16:27:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1687097

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to help support people with complex disabilities with the cost of living in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>We understand those with complex disabilities require extra support which is why vulnerable people and their needs are rightly one of our priorities. This Government has demonstrated its commitment by providing one of the largest support packages in Europe. Taken together, support to households to help with the high cost of living is worth £104 billion over 2022/23 to 2024/25, which includes, among other support, two rounds of means-tested Cost of Living Payments, Disability Cost of Living Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments over 2022/23 and 2023/24. Cost of Living Payments enabled us to target immediate further support during the rising cost of living pressures. The Government has also uprated benefits to reflect increased costs.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing inflation and growing the economy are the most effective way, longer term, to build a more prosperous future for all. This Government committed to halving the rate of inflation, and it has achieved that: inflation has fallen from 11.1% in October 2022 to 4 % in December 2023. Energy prices have significantly fallen in the past year alone and the Quarter 1 2024 price cap of £1,928 has more than halved compared to the previous year when the Quarter 1 2023 price cap peaked at £4,279.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 12863 question first answered 08/02/2024 16:12:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1687098

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to help support disabled people who cannot work with the cost of living in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>We understand those with complex disabilities require extra support which is why vulnerable people and their needs are rightly one of our priorities. This Government has demonstrated its commitment by providing one of the largest support packages in Europe. Taken together, support to households to help with the high cost of living is worth £104 billion over 2022/23 to 2024/25, which includes, among other support, two rounds of means-tested Cost of Living Payments, Disability Cost of Living Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments over 2022/23 and 2023/24. Cost of Living Payments enabled us to target immediate further support during the rising cost of living pressures. The Government has also uprated benefits to reflect increased costs.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing inflation and growing the economy are the most effective way, longer term, to build a more prosperous future for all. This Government committed to halving the rate of inflation, and it has achieved that: inflation has fallen from 11.1% in October 2022 to 4 % in December 2023. Energy prices have significantly fallen in the past year alone and the Quarter 1 2024 price cap of £1,928 has more than halved compared to the previous year when the Quarter 1 2023 price cap peaked at £4,279.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 12862 question first answered 08/02/2024 16:12:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1682175

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of increases in the cost of living on people with disabilities; and what recent steps his Department has taken to increase cost of living support for people with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	9676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the most vulnerable by providing one of the largest support packages in Europe. Taken together, support to households to help with the high cost of living is worth £104 billion over 2022/23 to 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2023, we uprated working-age and extra costs disability benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%. From this April, and subject to Parliamentary approval, we also intend to uprate working-age and extra costs disability benefit rates by 6.7%. The increase in the Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rates will give further help to 1.6 million low-income households.</p><p> </p><p>For 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments. This will be split into three payments across the 2023/24 financial year, with the first two payments having already been made and the final payment of £299 being paid between 6 February and 22 February. A separate £150 payment was made to individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits, including PIP, from 20 June. In addition, more than eight million pensioner households across the UK received a £300 Cost of Living Payment during winter 2023-24. The Department estimates that over 2023/24 nearly 60% of individuals that receive a qualifying disability benefit will receive additional support through a means-tested benefit payment, and over 85% will receive either or both of the means-tested and Pensioner Cost of Living Payment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/01/2024 16:08:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1675677

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of increases in cost of living on people with complex disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	5393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office Disability Unit is considering the potential impacts of cost of living on disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Unit continues to liaise with stakeholders and across government departments to ensure the broadest understanding of how increases in living costs affect disabled people, including people with complex disabilities, and advises Ministers accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/12/2023 13:18:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1660522

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to support disabled people with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	199319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people, including disabled people, are facing with the cost of living. Disabled people may be entitled to an extra costs benefit such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which is a contribution towards the extra costs associated with being disabled. PIP is paid tax free and can be worth up to £8,983 a year. Recipients are free to choose how they spend their PIP and there is no requirement for them to use it for any particular purpose. Entitlement to PIP depends on the effects that a disability or health condition has on a disabled person’s life and not on a particular disability or diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>PIP can passport to a range of additional support including:</p><ul><li>Disability additions paid within income related benefits;</li><li>Carer’s Allowance for an informal carer;</li><li>The Motability vehicle scheme; and</li><li>The Blue Badge Scheme.</li></ul><p> </p><p>PIP also exempts the eligible household from the Benefit Cap.</p><p> </p><p>In April, we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions, the benefit cap levels also increased by the same amount.</p><p /><p>In addition, for 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments. This will be split into three payments across the 2023/24 financial year, with the first payment of £300 having already been made. A separate £150 payment was made to individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits, including PIP, from 20 June. In addition, more than eight million pensioner households across the UK will receive a £300 Cost of Living Payment during winter 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>The Household Support Fund will continue until March 2024. This year long extension allows local authorities in England to continue to provide discretionary support to those most in need with the significantly rising cost of living. The devolved administrations will receive consequential funding as usual to spend at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/09/2023 14:32:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1651153

registered interest
date	07/07/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the additional costs of living with a disability.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	193039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. However, the Government understands the pressures that people, including disabled people, are currently facing, and are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022-23 and 2023-24 to help households and individuals with the cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, people with a long-term health condition or disability can access the extra costs disability benefits, such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP), to provide a contribution towards their extra costs. These benefits are not means-tested, are tax free, are paid in addition to any other benefits or support received and can be worth up to £8,983 a year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/07/2023 10:38:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols