The Minister talked about tackling poverty among children. Is he aware that income poverty among disabled people is increasing? He will be aware that the take-up of disability living allowance is about 50 per cent. Does he think that that could be connected to the fact that the form to claim DLA is 51 pages long? Will he urgently look into whether that form can be simplified to increase take-up of DLA among a group for whom income poverty is increasing?
Social Security
Proceeding contribution from
Jeremy Hunt
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 February 2006.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.
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2005-06
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