The Work and Pensions Committee has published the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) response to its report on benefit delivery, published on 21 December 2015. The Committee’s report recommended that the Department publish statistics on Mandatory Reconsideration clearance times and DWP have said official statistics are being developed. However, the Department has rejected the Committee’s call to publish data on ESA and WCA clearance times, as well as statistics on Short-term Benefit Advances.View Article.