DWP Risk review team
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
I would like to make a freedom of information request about the Universal Credit claims sent to the risk review team at the DWP from May 2020 to 2022.
1 How many Universal Credit claims have been passed to the risk review team broken down over the period from May 2020,2021 and 2022?
2 Proportion of claims sent to the risk review team whose payments are suspended?
3 How do these UC claims with the risk review team break down in terms of nationality of claimant?
4 Categories of the reasons claims were sent to the risk review team.
5 Categories of the reasons claims were sent to the risk review team, broken down in terms of nationality of claimant.
6 How UC claims in general break down in terms of nationality of claimant?
7 Length of time claims take to proceed to a conclusion based on categories of reasons sent to the risk review team?
8 How many complaints have been received for this period on cases sent to the risk review team?
9 How many claimants who have had their claim sent to the risk review team have had their award reinstated fully, partially and refused
10 Estimated average cost of investigating a claim sent to the risk review team.
Yours faithfully,
K Dorrington
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Dear Kellie Dorrington,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 27th
January.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
Please accept this as a request with the withdrawal of question 9
Yours faithfully,
kellie Dorrington
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Dear Kellie Dorrington,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 17th
February.
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Kate Osamor: [142793]
'To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claims suspended by the risk review team have been (a) closed and (b) remain suspended.'
Tom Pursglove:
'As of 11th February 2023, the cumulative total of customer cases suspended by the Risk Review Team is 188,119.
Of these, 71,496 have been closed and 109,402 remain suspended. The remaining 7,221 have been reinstated following review.'
https://questions-statements.parliament....