Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124093, on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many people waited (a) less than one month, (b) less than two months, (c) less than three months, (d) less than four months, (e) less than five months, (f) less than six months and (g) six months or more for mandatory reconsideration for universal credit in each year since its introduction.
The information requested is shown in the table below:
Universal Credit (UC) | ||||||||
Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) cleared within each time period | ||||||||
- | 1 month | 2 months | 3 months | 4 months | 5 months | 6 months | 6 months + | Total |
Apr 2014 – Mar 2015 | 1,890 | 30 | # | # | # | # | # | 1,920 |
Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 | 16,370 | 150 | 10 | 10 | # | # | # | 16,550 |
Apr 2016 – Mar 2017 | 18,000 | 3,910 | 3,890 | 1,320 | 60 | 30 | 30 | 27,260 |
Apr 2017 – Dec 2017 | 24,480 | 7,190 | 870 | 240 | 130 | 40 | 40 | 32,990 |
Notes:
Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
‘#’ means fewer than 5 in this category.