Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 49687

Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what estimate she has made of the number of people with terminal il

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We recognise that people nearing the end of their life are some of the most vulnerable people in society and need fast track and unqualified support at this difficult time. People who claim, or are in receipt of, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and a...

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