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Benefits (Disabled People)

Volume 170: debated on Monday 2 April 1990

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38.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what measures he is proposing to improve social security benefits for people who become disabled after reaching pensionable age.

Measures introduced in October 1989 targeted £200 million of additional help on less well-off, elderly and disabled pensioners. These changes mean that 2·6 million pensioners will gain, by up to £2·50 a week in the case of single people and £3·50 a week for couples. Provision in the current Social Security Bill will enable pensioners who are terminally ill to receive attendance allowance without having to serve the normal 26-week qualifying period.

58.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people will gain from the improvements in benefits for disabled people which are being introduced this month.

An estimated 452,000 people are expected to gain from the improvements in benefits for disabled people to be introduced this month.