Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what statistical information his Department holds on deaths of (a) all benefit claimants, (b) all such claimants after losing their entitlement and (c) claimants who had lost their entitlement to disability living allowance.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual. This information is not routinely compiled or published.