§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps are being taken to identify those disabled people who were underpaid income support as a result of a failure by the Benefits Agency to include the severe disability premium in their assessments, and who are no longer in receipt of income support; and what steps are being taken to invite fresh claims from those disabled people who were wrongly refused income support in order that the arrears of benefits due to them will be paid. [40144]
§ Mr. Roger EvansOn 19 December 1994, the Secretary of State announced that the Benefits Agency was to examine all live claims for income support with potential entitlement to the severe disability premium, and to establish what action was required to those cases where income support was no longer in payment. The exercise to examine live claims is now nearing completion. An announcement will be made shortly about plans for further action.