Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department makes available to people who are unable to work whilst receiving treatment for cancer and what assets which cannot quickly be converted to enough money to cover consequential costs.
Answered by Esther McVey
People who are unable to work whilst receiving treatment for cancer may be entiltled to claim Employment and Support Allowance and, depending on the circumstances of them and their family, may be entilted to other benefits such as Personal Independence Payment, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction.