United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 2219
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
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15 November 2023
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21 November 2023 · Answer
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21 November 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have an outstanding overpayment of benefits as of 15 November 2023; what the value of those overpayments is; and how many of those cases are the result of an error by his Department.
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15 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have an outstanding overpayment of benefits as of 15 November 2023; what the value of those overpayments is; and how many of those cases are the result of an error by his Department.
Source: Commons
21 November 2023
Answer
The number of people with outstanding benefit overpayments recoverable by DWP and the total value of those debts as at 16 November 2023 is set out below: Volume of Customers2.765m Outstanding Debt Value£7.060bn *The data provided has been extracted ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-15/2219
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1670382
- uk · wq-1670382 · source updated 21 November 2023