HC Deb 19 February 1998 vol 306 cc857-8W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans she has to allow individuals whose benefits are suspended under the Benefit Integrity Programme to continue to receive payments until an appeal is satisfactorily determined. [30445]

Mr. Denham

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced last week, it is important that decisions on entitlement should be fair and be seen to be fair. From 9 February, no decision to reduce or remove someone's benefit under the Benefit Integrity Project will be taken solely on the basis of the information provided by the claimant—there will always be additional evidence to support the decision.