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.
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 ...
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments