United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 22175
Universal Credit: Overpayments
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Introduced
25 June 2021
Last action
1 July 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Discovery layer
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1 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to allow discretion in taking recovery action for overpayment of universal credit when that overpayment occurred as a result of her Department's error.
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25 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to allow discretion in taking recovery action for overpayment of universal credit when that overpayment occurred as a result of her Department's error.
Source: Commons
1 July 2021
Answer
Following the introduction of the 2012 Welfare Reform Act, all overpayments of Universal Credit and new style benefits paid in excess of entitlement are recoverable. The trend in recent years has been to ensure claimants are left with more of their benefi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-25/22175
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1340283
- uk · wq-1340283 · source updated 1 July 2021