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Written question asked by Rushanara Ali (Labour) on Friday, 28 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Employment and Support Allowance: Tower Hamlets

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 250471, what information her Department has provided to London Borough of Tower Hamlets on the (a) number and (b) contact details of those people whose claims were wrongly recorded on the ATLAS system.

Answer

As part of the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) underpayment exercise we are informing Local Authorities of any new and past awards of income-related ESA where Local Authorities have registered an interest via the relevant system, in line with our business as usual procedures.

We are in the process of developing additional guidance to support Local Authorities to consider further any possible impacts on individuals of the ESA underpayment exercise.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
270762
Session
2017-19
Related items
Employment and Support Allowance
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Arrears Incapacity benefit Maladministration Staff Tower Hamlets Employment and support allowance Underpayments
Link
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