Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 84490

Social Security Benefits: Visual Impairment

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) application and (b) appeal processes for disability benefits are accessible to (i) blind and (ii) visually impaired people in Surrey Heath cons

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The (a) initial new claims application process for disability benefits is either paper or telephony based. A range of alternative formats are available for paper-based correspondence and is therefore accessible to blind and visually impaired customers. Cu...
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