§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of disability living allowance have not been paid money due to them in(a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April; 707W what the total sum is of such payments owed to claimants of his Department; and if he will make a statement. [167248]
§ Maria EagleWe are not aware of any backlog of cases where entitlement has been determined and payments to customers are outstanding.
However the Department was aware of a technical problem with Direct Payments that affected some DLA customers on 6 and 7 April, which resulted in payments being delayed to the 8 April. This problem was related to the adjustments made to accommodate the need to advance payments over the Easter Bank Holiday. We are currently scanning the database to establish exactly the number of payments that were delayed. It is estimated that approximately 74,000 payments were affected.