Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 28068

Social Security Benefits: Deductions

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

LabourMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to assess the (a) number and (b) causes of incorrect deduction orders.

Answer

Andrew Western
The data requested is not held centrally. To extract this data would involve the manual review of all relevant cases to identify those deduction orders with an error and the reason which would be at a cost to the department and taxpayer. CMS has taken pos...

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