Question follow-through · 46879
Universal Credit: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Universal Credit have a terminal condition but do not have a claim under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Universal Credit have a terminal condition but do not have a claim under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
The information is not available. The Universal Credit system is usually only informed of a terminal illness diagnosis through an application for the Special Rules for End of Life.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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