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Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness

Commons · Question 60192 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) carers and (b) family members of people with (i) mental health problems and (ii) psychiatric disorders are supported, in the context of propos

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Jun 2025

We will consider potential impacts of our reforms on people with all health conditions, including mental health conditions, as part of our wider consideration of responses to the consultation and as we develop our detailed proposals for change. This inclu...