Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the new scheme for Special Rules for Terminal Illness.

The Department is committed to delivering an improved benefit system for claimants that are nearing the end of their lives and is working across Government to bring forward proposals following the evaluation. The Department remains committed to implementing the key areas identified in the evaluation and will announce the outcome in due course.