questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many potential cases of overpayments of carer’s allowance were flagged by the Verified Earnings and Pensions service system in each of the last five financial years; and how many such cases were inv
answerText:  Rounded2019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24The number of cases flagged as potentially in need of investigation by the VEPs system91,00073,00096,000107,00067,000The number of cases investigated35,00038,00046,00050,00035,000 
heading: Carer's Allowance: Overpayments