United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 29889
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
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8 July 2021
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16 July 2021 · Answer
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16 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many direct earnings attachments her Department has put in place in each year since the Welfare Reform Act 2012 enabled recovery of overpayments as a result of errors made by her Department rather t
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8 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many direct earnings attachments her Department has put in place in each year since the Welfare Reform Act 2012 enabled recovery of overpayments as a result of errors made by her Department rather t
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16 July 2021
Answer
It is not possible to produce a historical time series for this specific data request regarding Direct Earnings Attachments (DEA). However, I can confirm that there are 15,000 DWP debtors with an official error debt who currently have a DEA in place. This...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-08/29889
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1345265
- uk · wq-1345265 · source updated 16 July 2021