Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2021-22

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 9 Jun 2022 Closed: 24 Feb 2023 Parliament page
The Committee will question senior officials at the Department for Work and Pensions on how they managed benefits and employment support in the second year of the pandemic – including current levels of fraud and error in benefits payments - and ongoing efforts to address major delivery issues like the … Read more
15 Recommendations
16 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
24 Feb
2023
Report published
9 Nov
2022
Report published
20 Jul
2022
Oral evidence
20 Jul
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
20 Jul 2022
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Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2021-22
Bozena Hillyer · Department for Work and Pensions Elizabeth Fairburn · Department for Work & Pensions Neil Couling CBE · Department of Work and Pensions Peter Schofield · Department for Work and Pensions
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Sixth Report - The Department for Work and Pensions’ Acco… HC 44 9 Nov 2022 31 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
25 Conclusion Not Addressed
Twenty-Sixth Report - The Departme…
We examined the Department’s systemic underpayment of State Pension in January
We examined the Department’s systemic underpayment of State Pension in January
Government Response
The government response only references the PAC conclusion.
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26 Conclusion Not Addressed
Twenty-Sixth Report - The Departme…
By the publication of its Annual Report & Accounts in July 2022 the Department estimated...
By the publication of its Annual Report & Accounts in July 2022 the Department estimated that 237,000 pensioners had been underpaid around £1.46 billion. This is an increase of 105,000 pensioners and £429 million compared with its best estimate as … Read more
Government Response
The government response only references the PAC conclusion.
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Government Response AI assessment · 31 of 15 classified
Accepted 12
Acknowledged 5
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 12
Total 15 recs + 16 conclusions