PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment and Support Allowance: Cancer (28 October 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to provide support to people diagnosed with cancer in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance who will be affected by the proposed reductions in benefits for people in that group.

Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)

No current claimants, including those diagnosed with cancer, will be affected by the change to the work-related activity component and we have already committed to providing up £100m in new, practical support for claimants with limited capability for work to help them move closer to the labour market and, when they are ready, into work.

Answered by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
3 November 2015