Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to notify terminally ill personal independence payment claimants of the DS1500 form.

Information regarding DS1500 is included within the script during the telephone claim process for terminally ill people, explaining what it is and where it can be obtained. Whilst the DS1500 can contain important information, we would not want to delay a terminally ill person from making a claim if one was not available, as Assessment Providers can actively obtain medical evidence regarding prognosis as necessary.