Pension Credit: Overpayments
(asked on 5th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of Pension Credit overpayments that were written off as resulting from official error in each of the last three years.
Value of Official Error Pension Credit Scheduled Write Offs | Value |
February 2022 - January 2023 | £28.802m |
February 2023 - January 2024 | £24.858m |
February 2024 - January 2025 | £27.856m |
Above table identifies the value of Official Error Pension Credit Overpayments written off at source by referring benefit offices within the last 3 years. |
These overpayments do not reach Debt Manager for recovery as PC overpayments are not recoverable and are written off when the overpayment is identified at source. |
Data is GB only. |