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UIN 56042

Employment Support Allowance: Terminal Illnesses

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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8 June 2020

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11 June 2020 · Answer

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11 June 2020

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has undertaken to ensure that people classed as terminally ill but have not submitted a DS1500 continue to have their claims for employment support allowance managed in a timel

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  1. 8 June 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has undertaken to ensure that people classed as terminally ill but have not submitted a DS1500 continue to have their claims for employment support allowance managed in a timel

    Source: Commons

  2. 11 June 2020

    Answer

    DS1500 forms have never been a requirement for a claim under the terminal illness rules but remain the quickest and most appropriate route to gather evidence to support entitlement in these cases. Where it is not possible to supply a DS1500 in support of ...

    Source: Written answer

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