Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 47496
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025
Question
Sarah Gibson
Liberal Democrat — Chippenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases identified by her Department in each of the last six years were subject to investigation prior to the commencement of debt recovery procedures.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department looks into every case where an overpayment is calculated before the overpayment is finalised and debt recovery commences. Where overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to...
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