Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what illnesses are considered terminal under Special Rules for Terminal Illness.

The Special Rules for Terminal Illness apply across a range of benefits. Terminal illness is defined in legislation as applying to someone who “is suffering from a progressive disease and death in consequence of that disease can reasonably be expected within 6 months.” The Department applies the Special Rules, regardless of what health condition a person has, in line with this definition.