Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

Commons · Question 129353 · Tabled 22 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many instances of benefit overpayments to deceased claimants have been recorded since 2020.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 29 Apr 2026

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.