Question follow-through · 95270
Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with a terminal illness who are in poverty.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Access to Work Programme · 28 Nov 2025
- Access to Work Programme: Complaints · 28 Nov 2025
- State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses · 21 May 2026
- Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations · 29 May 2026
- Social Security Benefits: Expenditure · 23 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with a terminal illness who are in poverty.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to providing a financial safety net for those who need it. Support is available through the welfare system to those who are unable to work, are on a low income or have additional costs as a consequence of a long-term health co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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