United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 68285
Social Security Benefits
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15 July 2025
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21 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policy that claimants’ (a) appointees and (b) Lasting Power of Attorney appointees cannot submit online claims on those claimants
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15 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policy that claimants’ (a) appointees and (b) Lasting Power of Attorney appointees cannot submit online claims on those claimants
Source: Commons
21 July 2025
Answer
In law both appointees and attorneys can make online claims. They act for the claimant and can perform any function ordinarily required of the claimant. The department is continuing to modernise its services to provide customers and appointees/attorneys w...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-15/68285
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1823645
- uk · wq-1823645 · source updated 21 July 2025