Employment and Support Allowance
Commons · Question 39561 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Marsha De Cordova
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.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 26 Mar 2025
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...