questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled Driving bans for those who refuse to repay benefit debts as new DWP powers come into force, published on 24 June 2026, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of outstanding benefit debt attributable to (a) fraud, (b) claimant error and (c) official error.
answerText: DWP’s overarching policy is that debts should be recovered as quickly and cost effectively as possible without causing financial hardship to customers. To support this, the Department sets limits to how much can be deducted and a “deductions priority orde...
heading: Social Security Benefits: Debts