questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have an outstanding overpayment of benefits as of 15 November 2023; what the value of those overpayments is; and how many of those cases are the result of an error by his Department.
answerText: The number of people with outstanding benefit overpayments recoverable by DWP and the total value of those debts as at 16 November 2023 is set out below:     Volume of Customers2.765m  Outstanding Debt Value£7.060bn  *The data provided has been extracted ...
heading: Social Security Benefits: Overpayments