Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 21 July 2023 to 17 September 2025. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- Easy Read – 1st Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants (15 May 2025)
- 1st Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants (15 May 2025)
- Large Print – 1st Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants (15 May 2025)
- BSL report summary – 1st Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants (15 May 2025)
- Audio summary – 1st Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants (15 May 2025)
- Easy Read – 3rd Special Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants: Government response (22 July 2025)
- 3rd Special Report - Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants: Government response (22 July 2025)
- Large Print – 3rd Special Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants: Government response (22 July 2025)
- BSL – 3rd Special Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants: Government response (22 July 2025)
Evidence sessions
- 15 November 2023: Henry Parkes, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR); Chloe Schendel-Wilson, The Disability Policy Centre; Nikki Bond, Money and Mental Health Policy Institute; Professor Lisa Scullion, University of Salford; Professor Ben Baumberg Geiger, King's College London
- 13 December 2023: Joshua Reddaway, National Audit Office; Ashley McDougall, National Audit Office; Brian Dow, Rethink Mental Illness; Daphne Hall, National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA); Jamie Thunder, Z2K
- 24 January 2024: Professor Sally McManus, City University of London; Dr Jeremy Dixon, University of Bath; Corin Hammersley, Advice & Benefits Service, Royal Borough of Greenwich; Professor Michael Preston-Shoot, National Network for Chairs of Safeguarding Adults Boards
- 7 February 2024: Jesse Nicholls, Matrix Law; William Ford, Osbornes Law; Caroline Selman, Public Law Project
- 28 February 2024: Rob Behrens, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; Rebecca Hilsenrath, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
- 26 March 2024: Mims Davies MP, Department for Work and Pensions; Viscount Younger of Leckie, Department for Work and Pensions; Elizabeth Fairburn, Department for Work and Pensions; Preeta Ramachandran, Department for Work and Pensions
- 8 January 2025: Sophie Francis-Cansfield, Women’s Aid; Minesh Patel, Mind; Tim Nicholls, National Autistic Society; Carri Swann, Child Poverty Action Group; Dr Gail Allsopp, Department for Work and Pensions; Dr Antonia Dietmann, Department for Work and Pensions
- 12 February 2025: Sir Stephen Timms MP, Department for Work and Pensions; Elizabeth Fairburn, Department for Work and Pensions; Dr Gail Allsopp, Department for Work and Pensions; Neil Couling, Department for Work and Pensions