Oral evidenceSelect & Joint CommitteesWednesday, 10 June 202609:15

Work and Pensions Committee: Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants: One year on

Committee hears from witnesses

The Work and Pensions Committee is conducting a follow-up inquiry into how the welfare system protects vulnerable claimants, one year after its initial investigation. The hearing will examine progress on safeguarding measures, whether protections for people claiming benefits — including those with disabilities, health conditions, and financial difficulties — have improved, and what gaps remain in support for those at highest risk of falling through the system.

Millions of people depend on welfare benefits; vulnerable claimants face particular risks of destitution, debt, and hardship when safeguards fail. This scrutiny directly affects the lived experience of some of the most precarious households in Britain and holds the Department for Work and Pensions to account on whether it has fixed known problems in how it treats people in crisis.

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