Mr. Christopher Bowes:

What might be helpful in starting the process of looking at this issue is if the Department would be able to set out what information it has about how many people might have applied for it in the past, in that period before 22 January 2024.

Even beyond that, there is the question of whether it has done any sort of calculation on how many people may have been entitled to it during the period prior to that date who, even if they have may not have applied, could have had the entitlement that was subsequently recognised in the Supreme Court decision.