Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether damages for harm caused by a breach of the Human Rights Act 1998, including psychological harm from the use of restraint, are treated as compensation for personal injury for the purposes of Universal Credit.

Where damages are awarded for a physical injury or a recognised psychological injury, including psychological harm, they should be treated as compensation for personal injury and disregarded. However, where damages are awarded solely to recognise that a person's rights have been breached and are not linked to a physical or psychological injury, they may not be treated as compensation for personal injury.