Safeguarding vulnerable claimants inquiry: Work and Pensions Committee to question lawyers and legal charities
MPs will question lawyers and legal charities as part of the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry examining how DWP supports vulnerable benefit claimants and whether its approach to safeguarding needs to change.
Meeting details
At 9:25am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
Barrister at Matrix Law
Partner, Litigation & Housing & Social Care Departments at Osbornes Law
Senior Research Fellow at Public Law Project
The session will explore, from a legal perspective, the question of whether DWP should take on a statutory duty for safeguarding vulnerable claimants. Witnesses are likely to be asked about systemic issues they have identified with the current arrangements.
There could be questions about the effectiveness of current safeguarding measures, the accessibility of DWP support, and how the Department communicates.