United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 11468
Social Security Benefits
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3 February 2020
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11 February 2020 · Answer
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11 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of expenditure on welfare benefits payments was classified as overpaid in each of the last 10 years.
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3 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of expenditure on welfare benefits payments was classified as overpaid in each of the last 10 years.
Source: Commons
11 February 2020
Answer
The Department for Work and Pensions administers over 25 benefits, ensuring that the very different conditions of entitlement are met in each individual instance. We publish annual figures on the amount we estimate has been overpaid under the title ‘Fraud...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-03/11468
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1175765
- uk · wq-1175765 · source updated 11 February 2020