Employment and Support Allowance

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 9 May 2018.

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Photo of Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson Shadow Minister (Public Health)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 15 March 2018, on Employment and Support Allowance, whether her Department has recruited the 400 new members of staff to assist with correcting underpayments that may have occurred as a result of how a proportion of Incapacity Benefit claims were transitioned to Employment and Support Allowance between 2011 and 2014.

Photo of Sarah Newton Sarah Newton The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

There are currently 400 people deployed on delivering the Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Legal Entitlements and Administrative Process (IBR LEAP) work within the Employment and Support Allowance division.

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