AQW 29246/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 25/06/2025
Answered On Date: 29/07/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department intends to raise the upper age limit for eligibility for Disability Living Allowance for children from 16 to 18.

Answer:

This was a welfare reform proposal that was included in the UK Government’s recent Green Paper consultation exercise which closed on 30 June 2025. No decisions have yet been taken in relation to potential changes to the upper age limit in Disability Living Allowance for children.