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Written question asked by Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 25 February 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 February 2019. It was answered by Sarah Newton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Employment and Support Allowance: Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituents identified as having been underpaid when migrated from incapacity benefits to employment and support allowance have died before receiving backdated payments.

Answer

Numbers of individuals identified as having been underpaid are not immediately available at regional or parliamentary constituency level. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost. Management information is monitored at a national level.

We are focusing our efforts on contacting all potentially affected individuals to ensure they are paid as quickly as possible.

A Written Statement and Frequently Asked Question document was deposited in the House Library on Thursday 21 February which can be found at http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0252/ESA_Underpayment_FAQ.pdf

The latest ad hoc statistics can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
225563
Session
2017-19
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2019-0252
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Deposited papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Incapacity benefit Employment and support allowance Underpayments Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk