Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of Attendance Allowance claimants who were contacted by decision-makers to give an explanation for their decision between 1 April and 30 September 2023 after the claimant had already requested a mandatory reconsideration and (b) proportion of those calls which resulted in the original mandatory reconsideration request not being actioned.

This information is only available at disproportionate cost to The Department for Work & Pensions. The Department does not have a business requirement to maintain this level of data as part of its routine management information pack.