Written question asked by Andrew Dismore (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 May 2004. It was answered by Chris Pond (Labour) on Thursday, 27 May 2004 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases (a) were registered with the Compensation Recovery Unit and (b) resulted in repayment of benefits to the CRU in each of the last 10 years; what the total repaid to the CRU was; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table. (Holding answer 17 May 2004).

Answer: Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases (a) were registered with the Compensation Recovery Unit and (b) resulted in repayment of benefits to the CRU in each of the last 10 years; what the total repaid to the CRU was; and if he will make a statement. [R] [173563] Mr. Pond: [holding answer 17 May 2004]: The available information is in the table. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Total number of claims registered 688,315 706,715 770,243 Total number of benefit recovery 35,907 40,258 39,995 cases Total benefit recovered 139,130,000 166,590,000 171,110,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: It is not possible to provide the requested information prior to the year 2001-02 as records are only kept for the most recent three years.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 173563; 421 c1797-8W;421 c1796W
Session: 2003-04
Registered interest declared: Yes
Subjects: Compensation Personal injury Payments Social security benefits Compensation Recovery Unit
Contains statistics: Yes
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