| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments |
| Question ID: |
1751369 |
| UIN: |
HL3597 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1388 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
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| Asking Member handle: |
nigeldoddsdup
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@nigeldoddsdup
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what were the levels of overpayments in benefit expenditure by the Department for Work and Pensions in (1) 2022–23, and (2) 2023–24; and what is that as a percentage of overall benefit expenditure. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-06 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
Levels of fraud and error in relation to benefit payments, as well as levels of overpayments, are outlined here Fraud and error in the benefit system, Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2024 - GOV.UK for 2023/24, and here for the previous year 2022/23: Fraud and... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |