Official Statistics

ESA underpayments: progress on checking, October 2019

Update of progress on checking cases potentially affected by underpayments of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) on conversion from other incapacity benefits.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 17 October 2019

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October 2019: ESA underpayments: Forecast numbers affected, forecast expenditure and progress on checking

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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the ESA underpayments collection.

This publication provides an update of the number of cases estimated to be affected by underpayments of ESA on conversion from other incapacity benefits, and the forecast costs of repaying these cases, that the Department for Work and Pensions has prepared in anticipation of Autumn Budget 2019.

It also presents an update, from the department’s management information, of the progress on checking potentially affected cases as at 13 October 2019.

Published 17 October 2019