Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Emma Dent Coad and Penny Mordaunt

Thursday 14th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[Penny Mordaunt]

Members will know the figures well. The amount currently spent on disabled people and those with health conditions is £50 billion. We are closing the disability employment gap, but there is still much more to do. One of the things that the Department has been doing well is looking at this in the round, along with other issues such as accessibility. We need to support disabled people in relation to every aspect of their lives and every ambition that they have.

[Emma Dent Coad (Kensington) (Lab)]

7. What recent assessment she has made of the effect of changes to the pension age on women born in the 1950s.