Written question asked by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 22 February 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 February 2021 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 25 February 2021. A substantive answer was provided by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 March 2021 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been asked to repay overpayments of carer's allowance in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The number of people asked to repay new overpayments of Carer’s Allowance, as referred to Debt Management between April 2016 and January 2021, is set out in the table below:
Financial Year
Volume
2016/2017
17.5k
2017/2018
13.0k
2018/2019
37.6k
2019/2020
51.9k
2020/2021 YTD
11.5k
Total
131.5k
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 156242
- Session
- 2019-21
- Related items
- Subjects
- Overpayments Repayments Carer's allowance
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2021-03-11 18:26:30 +0000
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