Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have had their benefits suspended by the Risk Review Team in each month from January 2020 to September 2022.

Monthly statistics are not available.

The current total of customer cases determined by the Risk Review Team as still ineligible is 170,417 cases.

Of these cases some will be subject to review if the customer engages and provides evidence to verify their claim, but at this time, based on current information held, the customer is not entitled.

The cumulative total of customer cases reinstated following review is 7,221 cumulative cases.

The cumulative total of customer cases that have ever been suspended is 177,638 cases.

The above figures are based on internal management information and therefore have not been subject to the same degree of scrutiny and quality assurance as an official statistic.