Disabled benefit claimants to get extra £1.7bn after underpayments
The cost of paying them at a higher rate after their claims have been corrected is estimated to add another £700m over the next seven years, a DWP analysis released on Wednesday showed.
The arrears payments, which mainly cover a period between 2011 and 2014, are expected to average £5,000 and will be paid by the end of 2020.
In a written statement to MPs on Wednesday, the DWP minister Sarah Newton said £120m had already been paid out to this first group after 320,000 cases were analysed, with an average payment of £7,000.
