Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee

Recommendation 36

36

Devise a systematic way to record and annually publish serious harms and deaths

Recommendation
We recommend the Department work with its Chief Medical Advisor, DWP’s Caldicott Guardian, and coroners to devise a way to record more systematically all cases of serious harms and deaths where the individual affected was in receipt of working-age benefits. The Department should then commit to publishing this information annually to aid transparency. (Recommendation, Paragraph 152)
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 22 July 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗