| Heading: |
Employment and Support Allowance |
| Question ID: |
1786361 |
| UIN: |
39561 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4676 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Marsha De Cordova
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| Asking Member handle: |
Marshadecordova
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Marshadecordova
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who were (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid due to (i) claimant error and (ii) government error in 2024. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
The last time the Department reviewed fraud and error levels in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was in 2022/23, which is reported here: Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2022 to 2023 estimates - GOV.UK. Table 11 demonstrates tha... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |