Social Security Benefits: Veterans
Commons · Question 61401 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the reintroduction of face-to-face benefit assessments does not negatively impact veterans with (a) PTSD and (b) mobility impairments.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 26 Jun 2025
We already undertake a number of face-to-face benefit assessments. However, as announced in Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, we intend to do more while preserving alternative health assessment channels t...