Social Security Benefits: Health and Disability
(asked on 6th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of spending on health and disability benefits by the end of the decade.
This question was answered on 12th May 2025
Incapacity and disability benefits spending is forecast to increase by £15.5 billion to £90.7 billion by 2029/30.
This includes a rise in spending on working-age benefits from £10.3 billion to £65.4 billion.
Without the 2025 Spring Statement measures, working-age benefits spending would be £4.5 billion higher by 2029/30.