Social Security Benefits: Suicide

(asked on 14th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social security claims in England were terminated because the individual in receipt of the benefits took their own life in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 17th November 2016

The Department does not collect information on cause or manner of death of an individual, only a record of the date of death.

Suicide is a tragic and complex issue which we take extremely seriously. If information is received that a DWP client has attempted or completed suicide and it is alleged that DWP activity may have contributed to this, we carry out an internal review to establish whether anything should have been done differently.

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