Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituents have been identified as having been underpaid when migrated from incapacity benefits to employment and support allowance.

Numbers of individuals identified as having been underpaid are not immediately available at regional or parliamentary constituency level. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost. Management information is monitored at a national level.

We are focusing our efforts on contacting all potentially affected individuals to ensure they are paid as quickly as possible.

A Written Statement and Frequently Asked Question document was deposited in the House Library on Thursday 21 February which can be found at http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0252/ESA_Underpayment_FAQ.pdf

The latest ad hoc statistics can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking