Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
Commons · Question 100663 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people with a serious or terminal diagnosis are not required to repay benefit overpayments that arose due to official error, particularly in cases in w
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 23 Dec 2025
All DWP colleagues are trained to support our most vulnerable customers and have access to a wide range of guidance to support them. DWP will always strive to set affordable and sustainable repayment plans and encourages customers to make contact if they ...