Disability Living Allowance 2025-03-17
2025-03-17
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Q1
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Recent trends show a significant number of disability living allowance cases being incorrectly reduced to lower rates without clear explanations.
What assessment has she made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in levels of disability living allowance cases that have been incorrectly reduced to a lower rate without an explanation?
There should be no benefit decisions without explanation. Claim decisions should always be set out with the reasons. If a decision is unclear, or if the reasons for it are unclear, a further detailed verbal or written explanation can be requested and will be provided.
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Q2
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The questioner seeks to address the engagement of young disabled people with the benefit system while working.
How will this Government support young disabled people to have a positive engagement with the benefit system alongside work?
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to press for improvements. We want to change how we think about jobcentres and the benefit system. Our youth work coaches talk a lot to disabled young people and are very keen to help more. Our reforms are making that possible, by giving better help and support, and by opening up new opportunities for disabled young people up and down the country.
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The questioner notes that his staff overturns 75% of disability living allowance applications in favor of the applicant, indicating a systemic issue.
How will this Government address concerns about the high rate of overturned disability living allowance appeals and ensure that constituents with mental and physical issues receive adequate support?
Again, the hon. Gentleman is right to call for improvements. We want to see improvements in assessments, and he is probably well aware that we will shortly be publishing a Green Paper with proposals for reform to the health and disability benefit system. We will have something to say about this in that document.
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