questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to staff handling Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claims involving terminally ill claimants with occupational lung disease.
answerText: DWP staff handling Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claims follow operational guidance designed to ensure that claims from people who are terminally ill are identified and processed as a priority. The guidance provides for such cases to be expedite...
heading: Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Lung Diseases