Source · National Audit Office

Investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance

Published: 21 Mar 2018 Type: Value for Money Department: Department for Work and Pensions

This investigation covers a single, major cause of underpayment error in ESA. This error relates to people whose existing benefit claim was converted to ESA and who were entitled to income-related ESA but were only awarded contribution-based ESA.

Dept: Department for Work and Pensions Topics: Fraud and errorMoney and taxWork, welfare and pensions nao.org.uk →

Public Accounts Committee follow-up

1 report

The Public Accounts Committee examined this NAO report and published its own recommendations. The government responds to PAC recommendations via Treasury Minutes.