Single-tier State Pension

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 23 April 2012.

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Photo of Chris Grayling Chris Grayling The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 2:30, 23 April 2012

We will always examine something like that very carefully indeed when it happens. So far, my experience is that the stories are usually much more complicated, but that does not mean we are not doing the right thing. I passionately believe that we should help such people, particularly those with mental health problems. I have met people who have been out of work for years and years with chronic depression, but whom we are now beginning to help back into work. We have to be careful, and we examine such situations carefully when they arise.