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1702099

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of Universal Credit claim overpayments in the 2022-2023 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP measures its overpayments via annual national statistics published each May. However, we do not produce an estimate for the average value of a Universal Credit overpayment.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that the total value of Universal Credit overpayments in 2022-2023 was £5,540m: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2022-to-2023-estimates" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2022 to 2023 estimates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/04/2024 13:06:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1702100

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Underpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of a benefits underpayment in the 2022-2023 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP does not produce an estimate for the average value of a benefit underpayment.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that the total rate of benefit expenditure underpaid in 2022-2023 was £3.3bn: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2022-to-2023-estimates/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-ending-fye-2023" target="_blank">Fraudand error in the benefit system Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/04/2024 16:14:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1702101

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Underpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of an underpayment of the Personal Independence Payment in the 2022-2023 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP measures its underpayments via annual national statistics published each May. However, we do not produce an estimate for the average value of a benefit underpayment.</p><p> </p><p>Our estimates relating to PIP underpayments in 2022-23 can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2022-to-2023-estimates" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2022 to 2023 estimates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 6 provides the total estimated value of PIP underpayments in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>Table 8 provides the estimated value of PIP underpayments due to claimant error. All claimant error underpayments were due to errors where the claimant’s condition had got worse, and they failed to inform the department (Functional Needs).</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 22507 question first answered 24/04/2024 13:01:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1702102

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Underpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of underpayments of the Personal Independence Payment due to recipients’ failure to update their medical need in the 2022-2023 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP measures its underpayments via annual national statistics published each May. However, we do not produce an estimate for the average value of a benefit underpayment.</p><p> </p><p>Our estimates relating to PIP underpayments in 2022-23 can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2022-to-2023-estimates" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2022 to 2023 estimates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 6 provides the total estimated value of PIP underpayments in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>Table 8 provides the estimated value of PIP underpayments due to claimant error. All claimant error underpayments were due to errors where the claimant’s condition had got worse, and they failed to inform the department (Functional Needs).</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 22506 question first answered 24/04/2024 13:01:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1702103

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were underpaid the State Pension due to incorrectly updated National Insurance records in the 2022-23 financial year; and what the total amount is that these people are owed.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>This response covers both missing Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) and UC National Insurance issues.</p><p> </p><p>The exercise to correct National Insurance records for those individuals impacted by errors in their HRP record is underway. The HRP corrections exercise started with HMRC dispatching letters in late 2023. Cases subsequently notified from HMRC started being processed in DWP in early 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023, the central estimate was around 187,000 cases who may have an underpayment of State Pension and for whom we expect to correct, with a total underpayment estimate of £1,043 million.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish an update on the exercise in this year’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has corrected the UC data issue for the cases impacted for the tax years up to and including the tax year 2022/2023. This data has been shared with HMRC. As HMRC updates NI records, these updates are sent to DWP. Any State Pension entitlement will be reassessed, and any underpayment addressed accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/04/2024 12:53:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1702105

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are responsible for manually updating records relevant to eligibility for the State Pension.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is only available at disproportionate cost to The Department for Work &amp; Pensions as the Department does not have a business requirement for this information to be retained.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/04/2024 12:25:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1702107

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2022-23, published on 6 July 2023, whether his Department has taken recent steps to amend the methodology it uses to estimate the financial impact of its counter-fraud activities.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>We review the methodology as part of publishing our annual accounts each year and will report on any agreed changes in the Annual Report and Account 2023/24 expected to be published in Summer 2024, following discussion with National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/04/2024 12:56:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1701833

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, when his Department first assessed each of the red-rated legacy IT systems in his Department to be red-rated.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	22284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP has mature, industry standard mechanisms for assessing the risk of its core IT systems which has been implemented and running for decades. The first time DWP reported figures to the cross-government initiative led by CDDO was November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 22/04/2024 12:47:43 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1701897

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have been trained in disability awareness in (a) his core Department and (b) Jobcentres in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	22341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide the information you seek within the appropriate cost limit as you have asked for information that is contained across a wide range of learning journeys.</p><p> </p><p>All staff new to DWP undergo mandatory learning followed by role specific learning, this encompasses vulnerabilities and complex needs training which is threaded throughout learning. Staff continue to build on this in the workplace through accessing policy guidance and point of need learning products.</p><p> </p><p>Please refine your request, for example to mandatory learning to enable data to be provided.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/04/2024 14:31:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1701264

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on 21 March 2024, HC 638.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>In laying the report before Parliament at the end of March, the Ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of this House, and a further update to the House will be provided once the report's findings have been fully considered.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/04/2024 15:00:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon