AQW 26470/22-27


Mr Danny Donnelly
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 01/05/2025
Answered On Date: 24/06/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment made of the impact of debt on households with a child or young person with cancer, in light of Young Lives vs Cancer's The Cost of Waiting research, which states that 3 in 5 of these affected households in Northern Ireland must borrow money whilst waiting for disability benefits.


Answer:
No such assessment has been undertaken.