Overview
- An official report published on December 3 concludes UWV had inadequate quality controls on WIA disability assessments from 2020 to 2024, allowing widespread errors to persist.
- The audit says ministerial supervision lacked depth, with incomplete information flows and strained trust, leading to insufficient scrutiny of risks.
- UWV plans a limited recovery focused on calculation errors: about 40,000 of more than 200,000 files will be rechecked, roughly 3,000 people have been told no error was found, work starts mid‑2026, and the effort is expected to take about two years.
- The review will not revisit medical assessments despite identified control gaps in the Sociaal‑Medische Zaken unit, a problematic dual leadership role, and weaker mutual checks during COVID‑era remote working.
- Auditors report tens of thousands were over‑ or underpaid and several hundred were wrongly denied benefits, and they urge a simpler benefit formula and better claimant transparency; the minister says she is preparing simplification plans.