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Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 142793, tabled on 8 February 2023

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.

Answered on

20 February 2023

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.