Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which terminal illnesses will be exempted from the reassessment process for benefits.

Terminally ill people claiming Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) via the fast track procedure rather than the normal assessment process, will be reassessed depending on when it is considered most appropriate for the claimant to have their next contact with the Department.

As announced on 1 October, we will stop requiring people with the most severe, lifetime conditions to be repeatedly assessed for ESA and UC. Over the coming months we will work with our health assessment provider, medical professionals and other stakeholders to develop a set of criteria to switch off re-assessments for people with the most severe health conditions or disabilities.