Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Asbestos
Commons · Question 30217 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason has the Department's Decision Maker's Guide downgraded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit applications for asbestos (PD1 pneumoconiosis) and asbestos-related pleural thickening (PD9
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 17 Feb 2025
Guidance on how the law is interpreted for DWP decision makers is contained in the Decision Makers' Guide (DMG). The DMG is also published on GOV.UK.In December 2024, the DMG - Volume 11, Chapter 67 - was updated to remove references to ‘urgent processing...