Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
Commons · Question 82863 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit overpayments his Department made in 2024; and what steps he is taking to reduce those payments.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 27 Oct 2025
We have committed to significant fraud, error and debt measures at Autumn Budget 2024 and Spring Statement 2025, which the OBR estimated will deliver an additional £9.6bn savings over the next five years. The Autumn Budget 2024 package was the biggest eve...