Source · National Audit Office
Department for Work and Pensions: Management of benefit overpayment debt
Published: 1 May 2009
Type: Value for Money
Today the National Audit Office has reported that the Department for Work and Pensions increased recoveries of benefit overpayments from £180 million in 2005-06 to £272 million in 2007-08, and preliminary results suggest that the Department has achieved its recovery target of £279 million for 2008-09. But recoveries are not keeping pace with the rate […]