| Heading: |
Universal Credit: Death |
| Question ID: |
1791135 |
| UIN: |
43171 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4938 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paulette Hamilton
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| Asking Member handle: |
PauletteHamilto
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@PauletteHamilto
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving Universal Credit assessed as having Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity died (a) in total and (b) under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness in the last yea |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Department supports people nearing the end of life through special benefit rules – called the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL). These enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to get faster, easier access to certain benefits, without ne... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |