State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses

(asked on 20th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing early access to the state pension for working aged people with a terminal illness.


Answered by
Laura Trott Portrait
Laura Trott
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 25th January 2023

The Department has not held any such discussions.

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