Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 31004
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025
Question
Chris Evans
Labour (Co-op) — Caerphilly
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling benefit overpayments made due to (a) fraud and (b) error.
Answer
Andrew WesternThis government is determined to reduce fraud and error in the social security system. To tackle benefit overpayments, we agreed £8.6bn of savings at the Autumn Budget 2024 – the biggest fraud and error package on record, which led the independent Office ...
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