HC Deb 14 September 2004 vol 424 cc1513-4W
Mr. George Osborne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in(a) 2003–04 and (b) the current financial year to date have been overpaid tax credits; what proportion of the cases of overpayment

were due to error by the Inland Revenue; and in what proportion of the cases the Inland Revenue has attempted to recover overpayments. [188243]

Dawn Primarolo

The total number of(a) 2003–04 and (b) current financial year awards that are overpaid will be available only when all the awards for the years in question are finalised.