United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 29888
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
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8 July 2021
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19 July 2021 · Answer
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19 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department recovered from overpayments that were as a result of her Department's and not the claimant's error in each month in the most recent period for which figures are available; and wh
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8 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department recovered from overpayments that were as a result of her Department's and not the claimant's error in each month in the most recent period for which figures are available; and wh
Source: Commons
19 July 2021
Answer
In the last month for which figures are available DWP paid out almost £3.5bn in Universal Credit and it should be noted that fraud and error in the benefits system remains low, with 95% of benefits, worth more than £200bn. paid correctly in 2020/21. Offic...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-08/29888
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1345235
- uk · wq-1345235 · source updated 19 July 2021