Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 94412

State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal DemocratBrecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to guarantee working-age people with a terminal illness a State Pension-level of income.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We have no such policy. Supporting people nearing the end of their life is important to the Government. The main way the Department does this is through the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL) which enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to...

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