Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 6885
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Jo White
Labour — Bassetlaw
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review payments of benefits to people serving full life terms in secure psychiatric units.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWhere a court has decided that someone has committed a criminal offence but that they should say be sent to hospital rather than receiving a custodial sentence in prison, the length of their stay is determined by their recovery and the extent to which the...
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