Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 77778
Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025
Question
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrat — Sutton and Cheam
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice and End of Life Care entitled Inquiry into the financial imp
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department supports people nearing the end of life through the Special Rules for End of Life. These enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to get faster, easier access to certain benefits, without needing to attend a medical assessment o...
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