Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

(asked on 22nd March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her timescale is for (a) publishing and (b) implementing the recommendations from her Department’s review of the benefits system for terminally ill people and the Special Rules for Terminal Illness scheme announced in July 2019.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 25th March 2021

The Department is committed to delivering an improved benefit system for claimants that are nearing the end of their lives and is working across Government to bring forward proposals following the evaluation. I remain committed to implementing the key areas identified in the evaluation; a consensus to change the six-month rule; improving ​consistency with other services used by people nearing the end of their lives; and raising awareness of the support that is available.

Reticulating Splines