Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what efficiency audit his Department's National Partnership Team has undertaken of the effectiveness of measures established to ensure the take-up of the attendance allowance.

The Department for Work and Pensions has not undertaken any efficiency audit on the effectiveness of measures established to ensure take-up of the Attendance Allowance.

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