Written question asked by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 September 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 October 2018. It was answered by Sarah Newton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 October 2018 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Employment and Support Allowance
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2018 to Question 167122, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been underpaid employment and support allowance.
- Answer
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The Department is reviewing around 300,000 cases that were receiving contributory ESA only at 21 October 2014 and we estimated that around 70,000 of those cases may have been underpaid.
In addition, following the Government’s announcement on 18 July 2018, we are looking at around a further 250,000 cases that may have been affected before 21 October 2014.
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- Written question
- Reference
- 173971
- Session
- 2017-19
- Related items
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Employment and Support Allowance: South Yorkshire
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
- Subjects
- Employment and support allowance
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