Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department issues to staff dealing with applications for benefit by people diagnosed with brain tumour; and if she will place a copy of that guidance in the Library.

The Department does not issue condition-specific guidance to its benefit processing or decision making staff. Assessment of the impact of health conditions, including brain tumour, is carried out by trained, independent healthcare professionals, who are clinically qualified and have received comprehensive training in disability analysis and identifying the effects that health conditions and impairments can have on individuals.