Social Security Benefits

(asked on 25th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many internal process reviews her Department has (a) started and (b) completed on cases of death or serious harm since July 2019.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 3rd December 2021

The Internal Process Reviews (IPRs) that have been started since July 2019, are as follows:

Death*

114

Serious Harm**

31

The IPRs that have been completed since July 2019, are as follows:

Death*

93

Serious Harm**

21

* Death includes the categories death, alleged suicide and confirmed suicide.

** Serious Harm includes the categories self-harm, serious harm, attempted suicide and ‘other’.

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