Tuesday 22 October 2019

Watchdog to investigate suicide monitoring of benefit claimants after ministers refuse to publish data

Watchdog to investigate suicide monitoring of benefit claimants after ministers refuse to publish data A watchdog is to investigate the government’s monitoring of suicides among benefit claimants amid concerns about links between welfare reforms and declining mental health.

The National Audit Office (NAO) said it would call on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to reveal what information it held on the issue, after ministers refused to provide an MP with figures on the number of people in the welfare system who had taken their own lives. The Independent

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