§ Mr. WoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many requests he received to waive recovery of benefit and grant overpayments in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of these were granted. [137316]
§ Mr. PondBetween April 2002 and March 2003 we received 689 requests to waive recovery of benefit and grant overpayments, of which 85 were granted.