Question follow-through · 47919
Department for Work and Pensions: Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments for gross inconvenience resulting from official error were made in each of the last five years; and what the (a) shortest and (b) average length of time for such a payment
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments for gross inconvenience resulting from official error were made in each of the last five years; and what the (a) shortest and (b) average length of time for such a payment
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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1 May 2025
Answer published
Although we collect data on the number of consolatory payments authorised, we do not systematically hold the information on the type of error (such as official error) and it would be too costly to review all these records. We do not keep a record of times...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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