Question follow-through · 36195
Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued to staff on (a) contacting and (b) assessing benefits claims for (i) victims and (ii) survivors of domestic violence and economic abuse.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued to staff on (a) contacting and (b) assessing benefits claims for (i) victims and (ii) survivors of domestic violence and economic abuse.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
All staff have access to regularly reviewed guidance products which includes information on contacting and assessing benefit claims for victims and survivors of domestic and economic abuse. For broader support, we will signpost claimants to gov.uk to enab...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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