Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

(asked on 22nd April 2026) - View Source
Questioner
James McMurdock Portrait
James McMurdock
(Independent - South Basildon and East Thurrock)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of overpayments to deceased welfare claimants have been recovered since 2020.

Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 29th April 2026

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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