{"value":{"id":1667501,"askingMemberId":163,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-11-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-11-13T00:00:00","uin":"17","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of working Universal Credit recipients who received an incorrect payment as a result of an incorrect employer's real time information submission to HM Revenue and Customs in the latest month for which data is available.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4380,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-11-14T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Legislation provides for the use of RTI in the calculation of UC entitlements. That system is working well and providing accurate information but where a claimant thinks the information provided by their employer to HMRC is wrong they are asked to raise a dispute with HMRC for them to investigate. Over the last 12 months 99.8% of RTI returns by employers to support UC claims were found to be correct. For the 0.2% of cases, where employers adjust their returns, we endeavour to correct UC entitlements as soon as possible.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Universal Credit","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1667501","method":"GET"}]}