A question on #SocialSecurityBenefits #Disability tabled by Lisa Smart on 18-03-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Social Security Benefits: Disability
Question ID: 1785850
UIN: 39155
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-18
Asking Member ID: 5070
Asking Member display name: Lisa Smart
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lisa Smart
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential implications of changes to disability benefits on health and social care services.
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Date answered: 2025-03-24
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: We are investing almost £26 billion of extra funding for the Health and Social Care System so people can get the treatment they need to get back to work instead of being stuck on waiting lists, delivering over 2 million extra appointments 7 months ahead o...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true