Lord Campbell-Savours – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Campbell-Savours on 2015-11-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to announce the detail of their proposals for £12 billion in savings on the welfare budget; and what benefits are under consideration for further reduction.

Lord Freud

The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out at the Summer Budget and the recent Autumn Statement. Details of these measures can be found at pages 72-73 of the Summer Budget Report (July 2015) and page 113 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015. These are published on gov.uk.

Any future changes to benefits following the Spending Review announcement will follow the usual policy development process and be announced at a future fiscal event.