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

LabourGloucester

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 Western
The 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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