Question follow-through · 76864
Palliative Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve the financial security of people at the end of life.
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
- 12 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 13 Oct 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve the financial security of people at the end of life.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Oct 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to providing a financial safety net for those who need it. The primary way the Department supports people nearing the end of life is through special benefit rules which are known as the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL). Th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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