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Social Security Benefits: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 23974, tabled on 29 April 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to remove access to benefits for people sentenced to be held in secure mental health facilities.

Answered on

8 May 2024

The DWP Secretary of State has asked officials to look into the rules around benefits entitlements for offenders who are detained in psychiatric hospitals.