Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 20092

Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 13 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Patricia Ferguson

LabourGlasgow West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued on people requiring emergency assistance while they wait for a benefit claim to be assessed.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department for Work and Pensions seeks to identify individuals who have complex user needs and/or require additional support to enable them to access our benefit and services; this includes people who are vulnerable and are claiming, or need to claim,...

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