PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disability Living Allowance: Heart Diseases (10 March 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to update the document, Medical guidance for DLA decision makers (child cases): staff guide, last updated on 8 December 2015, to incorporate references to congenital, inherited or acquired heart disease.

Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)

The department has committed to undertake a comprehensive review of the suite of medical guidance products for Child Disability Living Allowance decision makers over the next 12 months. This will include creating additional guidance where required.

Answered by:
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
18 March 2016