AQW 698/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 27/05/2022
Answered On Date: 23/06/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether her Department has any plans to review the benefits system to ensure that Disability Living Allowance awards for children with Down Syndrome are never reassessed.

Answer:

There are measures in place in each of the benefit areas to ensure that people are not required to undertake unnecessary reviews. These processes are subject to ongoing review and enhancement.