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Disability: Coronavirus

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 164607, tabled on 8 March 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the financial situation of disabled people and their carers.

Answered on

11 March 2021

Disabled people and their carers have access to the full range of social security benefits according to their circumstances.

DWP Ministers and officials regularly discuss support for disabled people and carers with their counterparts across Government and recognises and values the vital contribution made by carers in supporting some of the most vulnerable in society.