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In the latest year, £144m was overpaid in state pensions by the DWP after a person's death due to delayed reporting. The department recovered £67.3m, leaving £76.7m in unrecovered overpayments.
A welfare loophole means the DWP is unlikely to ever recover the money
The Department for Work and Pensions overpaid an estimated £8.6 billion in benefits in 2021-22.
A report of February 2012 found that billions of pounds payable had not been claimed. In 2009–2010 the DWP stated £1.95 billion job-seekers allowance, £2 billion income support and employment and support allowance, £2.4 billion in council tax, £2.8 billion in pension credit and £3.1 billion for housing benefit; in total £12.25 billion ...
The State of the Nation report published in 2010 by the Government of David Cameron estimated the total benefit fraud in the United Kingdom in 2009/10 to be approximately £1 billion. [6] Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show that benefit fraud is thought to have cost taxpayers £1.2 billion during 2012–13, up 9 per cent on ...
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The National Audit Office (NAO), in a report published on Wednesday covering England, Scotland and Wales, said the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) paid £3.7 billion in Carer’s Allowance ...
Housing Benefit is a means-tested social security benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help meet housing costs for rented accommodation.It is the second biggest item in the Department for Work and Pensions' budget after the state pension, totalling £23.8 billion in 2013–14.