United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 21360
Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
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23 June 2021
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28 June 2021 · Answer
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28 June 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward measures to remove the six-month rule, which forces terminally ill people to prove how long they have left to live in order to access fast-track support.
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23 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward measures to remove the six-month rule, which forces terminally ill people to prove how long they have left to live in order to access fast-track support.
Source: Commons
28 June 2021
Answer
The DWP announced in July 2019 that it would consider how the benefit system supports people nearing the end of their life. The DWP has conducted a wide ranging evaluation which considered the views of claimants, stakeholders and clinicians on how it supp...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-23/21360
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1339456
- uk · wq-1339456 · source updated 28 June 2021