15th progress report: improvement measures, recovery operations lead to acceleration

15th progress report: improvement measures, recovery operations lead to acceleration
Publication date 29-09-2023 | Last update 16-10-2023 | News item
The measures taken by the cabinet in recent months to improve the Recovery Operation Allowances accelerate the comprehensive assessments.

The implementation of the child scheme and the debt approach are also going well. In addition, an alternative route for affected parents with additional damage was started last week that will help them more quickly clarify the financial completion of their recovery.

This is stated in the progress report on Recovery Operation Allowances that Secretary of State De Vries for Surcharges and Customs sent to the House of Representatives today after the Council of Ministers. Up to and including August, 65,000 people registered as possible victims with the Implementation Organization for Recovery of Surcharges. Of these, a total of 31,200 parents have now been recognized as victims. From the moment of registration, parents are entitled to support from the municipality where they live. Parents who have been diagnosed as being duped will receive 30,000 euros within a few weeks. In addition, debts are paused and addressed and public debts are canceled.

Acceleration
The Implementation Organization for the Recovery of Allowances (UHT) has focused on accelerating the number of comprehensive assessments. The comprehensive assessment has now been completed for 44 percent of the parents (almost 28,600). UHT is still on track to complete 57,000 comprehensive reviews by the first quarter of 2025. To accelerate and improve the handling of additional damage, an alternative damage route was started in addition to the customized route at the Actual Damage Commission (CWS).

Child arrangement
The implementation of the child scheme is going well. More than 75,500 children and young people have received a letter and more than 66,300 of them have now been transferred the amount. In addition to this amount, children and young people are entitled to broad support from their municipality. Part of this is dealing with debts.

Handling an objection
By better including parents in the process, the cabinet wants to prevent parents from feeling the need to object as much as possible. In addition, in recent months, hard work has been done to handle objection cases more efficiently. To do this, the expertise of the Objections Advisory Committee is being used in a more targeted manner and the UHT is working to scale up and further professionalize the organization.