Employment and Support Allowance

(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of whether the level of financial support available to disabled people receiving Employment and Support Allowance is sufficient to meet essential living costs.


Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 21st October 2026

The benefit is generally uprated each year in line with inflation.

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