Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit overpayments classified as official error were recovered in each of the last three years; and what the total value of those overpayments was.

Official error overpayments within Universal Credit are treated the same as claimant error overpayments, as all overpayments are recoverable and we no longer track them separately for administrative purposes

The Department publishes estimates of UC official error overpayments available here: Fraud and Error FYE 2026 and also publishes data which identifies waiver volumes: Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26.