To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value is of (a) amounts recovered from claimants as recoverable hardship payments and (b) recoverable hardship payments written off due to the recipient being in 26 weeks of continuous qualifying employment in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answered on
10 January 2017
The information requested is not available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered by
Department for Work and Pensions