On this page you will find the most recent reports and consultation responses by the Disability Benefits Consortium. 

DBC Briefing on Uprating Benefits in line with CPI Inflation

Future of assessment services: advice and advocacy – a proposal from the Disability Benefits Consortium

DBC Submission to Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry on Assessments

Shaping future support- DBC submission to the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation

DBC survey evidence for submission to the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation

The Millions Missing Out

Pandemic Poverty: Stark choices facing disabled people on legacy benefits

DBC submission to the APPG on Poverty

Supporting disabled people, in and out of work. DBC Submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2020

Assessing people’s barriers to work – DBC proposals on the Work Capability Assessment

“It would mean not having to skip meals” – the emergency need to #IncreaseDisabilityBenefits

Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment. DBC submission to the Work and Pensions Committee

DWP’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, DBC submission to the Work and Pensions Committee

DBC response to Social Security Advisory Committee consultation

DBC Covid-19 Proposals 

DBC response to National Audit Office (NAO) questionnaire

DBC Budget Representation 2020

Mending the Holes – restoring lost disability elements to Universal Credit

Disability Benefits Consortium Cumulative Impact Report

DBC UC and me survey May 2019 (moving onto UC)

DBC UC and me survey May 2019 (WCA findings)

DBC UC and me survey May 2019 (Work Coaches).doc

DBC report on PIP Supporting those who need it most

Below is a document providing an overview of the DBC’s policy position on a range of issues:

DBC – policy positions (updated 2022.06)

DBC Budget Representation 2020