The compensation of parents who have been duped by the affair with the childcare allowance will take longer than expected, State Secretary Van Huffelen wrote to the Lower House. Some parents will not have their turn until next year.
Van Huffelen says the operation is more complicated than expected. “The main reasons for this are that integral assessment and really helping duped parents to get their lives back in order turns out to be more complex than expected. The result is that the number of parents that can be paid this year will be lower than my previous estimate,” unless acceleration turns out to be possible. “
108 people helped
Thousands of parents have been victims of this affair. They were wrongly classified as fraudsters and sometimes got into deep financial trouble. Individual handling started in July. In that month, 108 people received compensation. They received a total of more than 1.2 million euros. Personal contact took place with most of the parents.
MP Leijten of the SP, who is in close contact with the victimized parents. finds it “incomprehensible and also unacceptable” that many have to wait longer.
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