questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the value of outstanding benefit debt owed to the Department.
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