Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80312
Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice and End of Life Care’s report entitled Inquiry into the fina
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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