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Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

Commons · Question 100663 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 23 Dec 2025

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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 ...