Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the sanctions regime does not disadvantage those who experience mental health challenges.

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Timeline

1. 21 March 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the sanctions regime does not disadvantage those who experience mental health challenges.

   Source: Commons

2. 2 April 2024

   Answer

   Customers in the No Work Related Requirements Group, for example those with a severe mental health condition or disability, are not subject to conditionality requirements and therefore not subject to sanctions. Customers are only ever sanctioned if they f...

   Source: Written answer

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