Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the scheme for waiving recoverable hardship payment repayments only applies to payments made in the period between 1 January 2014 and 11 January 2021.
The Department’s records backdate to 1 January 2014 and the new process was introduced from 11 January 2021.
From 11 January 2021, claimants had the opportunity to review their hardship repayments.