Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
(asked on 20th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to page 138 of the Department of Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24 (HC 62) published on 22 July 2024, what proportion of the total £9.4 billion debt stock held by Debt Management at the end of 2023–24 is deemed irrecoverable.
This question was answered on 3rd February 2025
Impaired debt as a proportion of the £9.4bn debt stock reported in the 23/24 Annual Report and Accounts is: | ||
Impairment Value | £1.958bn |
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Impairment as a % of Debt Stock | 21% |
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