Peter Aldous urges the Government to remove the burdensome and unacceptable requirement under the special rules that people with a terminal illness have to reapply for their benefits after three years.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con) [V]
My constituent Martin Burnell is living with motor neurone disease, which is a progressive terminal illness for which there is no effective treatment or cure. Earlier this year, he was told to reapply for his benefits or risk having them stopped. Will my hon. Friend commit to removing the burdensome and unacceptable requirement under the special rules that people with a terminal illness have to reapply for their benefits after three years? (900065)
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson)
As part of the Green Paper, we will be going further than the special rules for terminal illness evaluation to look at the principles of extending the severe health condition criteria to remove unnecessary assessments and reviews.