Question follow-through · 110177
Poverty: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by Marie Curie, entitled Dying in Poverty, published in 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by Marie Curie, entitled Dying in Poverty, published in 2025.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government acknowledges the findings of Marie Curie’s Dying in Poverty report (2025), which highlights the financial insecurity experienced by individuals at the end of life. This Government is committed to providing a financial safety net for those w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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