| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Applications |
| Question ID: |
1791139 |
| UIN: |
43175 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4765 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Wendy Chamberlain
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| Asking Member handle: |
wendychambld
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@wendychambld
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of simplifying application forms for social security entitlements. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
| 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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| Answer text: |
The Department continues to review the experience of users of its services, and seeks to balance application simplicity with obtaining the information needed for an accurate award. A key objective of DWP’s Service Modernisation Programme, drawing on end u... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |