§ Mr. CatonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to remove the three month limit for backdating payments under successful posthumous applications for disablement benefit introduced in the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1997. [85302]
§ Mr. BayleyThere are no plans to remove the three month backdating limit for posthumous claims to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. We will, however, review the backdating rules to this benefit as part of our ongoing commitment to modernise and reform the welfare state.