Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 103653
Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse
Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 14 January 2026
Question
Alex McIntyre
Labour — Gloucester
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle and identify economic abuse in the welfare system to support victims and survivors.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to safeguarding vulnerable individuals and preventing economic abuse within the welfare system. Front line staff receive mandatory domestic abuse training, including economic abuse. Specialist traini...
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