Barry Sheerman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on people who receive disability benefits being able to volunteer without it affecting their entitlement to those benefits.

Justin Tomlinson

Claimants of Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment are free to do paid or unpaid work or volunteering without losing entitlement to their benefit, so long as they continue to meet the entitlement conditions.