Social Security Benefits: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

(asked on 29th April 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to remove access to benefits for people sentenced to be held in secure mental health facilities.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
This question was answered on 8th May 2024

The DWP Secretary of State has asked officials to look into the rules around benefits entitlements for offenders who are detained in psychiatric hospitals.

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