Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalty payments the Government received from Maximus related to that company's employment and support allowance contract.
The Department considers this information to be commercially sensitive and release would prejudice the interests of the service provider (Centre for Health and Disability Assessments – a MAXIMUS company) and the Department’s future dealings with it. Contractual remedies are in place if the provider fails to deliver against the service standards and service credits would be applied when appropriate.