PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment (20 June 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has identified errors in its calculation of personal independence payments in the last three months.
Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
Answer
The Department takes our responsibility for the prevention of error very seriously. We understand that the need to make sure payments are correct as incorrect payments will have implications for benefit claimants.
We ensure the accuracy and quality of payments through internal assurance processes. This enables the Department to identify and correct error and to focus on those points in the customer journey where there is a risk of error occurring.
When a benefit is reviewed the consequential impacts on other benefits are also reviewed.
Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
25 June 2018
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