Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 15043
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
Tabled: 19 November 2024
Answered: 27 November 2024
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what overpayments of benefits due to Departmental error there were in each of the last five financial years.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department publishes estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system by financial year. These statistics for the last five years are available at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK Below is an extract: OVERALL LEVELS OF M...
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