The Work and Pensions Committee has used its parliamentary powers to publish a UK Government-commissioned report into disabled people’s experiences of the benefits system that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had previously refused to make public.
The Work and Pensions Committee looks into the policies and spending of the DWP, including benefits for people in and out of work, State Pensions and how private pensions are regulated.
The 79-page report, ‘The Uses of Health and Disability Benefits’, was received by the UK Government in September 2020 and followed a research project led by the National Centre for Social Research which interviewed disabled people about their experiences of receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit.
