Scope responds to court ruling on delays to disability benefits
Disability charity, Scope, responds to finding that the DWP took an unlawful and unacceptably long time to make the payments.
Elliot Dunster, head of policy, research and public affairs at the disability charity Scope, said:
“This judgement demonstrates the importance of extra costs payments to disabled people.
“Life costs more if you are disabled. Scope research shows that this adds up to on average £550 per month.
“Extra costs can make it extremely hard for disabled people to pay the bills. Every day without them is another day unable to afford the essentials in life.
“It’s positive that delays have been dramatically reduced.
“As speculation grows about where the Chancellor will find his promised £12 billion savings from the welfare budget, disabled people are looking to him to protect the financial support they receive.”
