To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of Carer’s
Allowance there have been in relation to the earnings conditions in each of the last
three years.
<p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim
and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their
award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning
£151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Where
overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public
funds and to ask for money to be paid back. However, we seek to do so without causing
excessive hardship. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with
their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable
repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance
overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s
Allowance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided
in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume
of Carer’s Allowance (CA) Debts</strong></p></td><td><p>36.1k</p></td><td><p>30.7k</p></td><td><p>34.5k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information,
which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended
for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied
to our published official statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many debts of overpayments
of Carer's Allowance his Department was seeking to recover in value brackets (a) £0.01
- £500, (b) £500.01 - £1,000, (c) £1,000.01 - £5,000, (d) £5,000.01 - £20,000 and
(e) over £20,000 as of 6 April 2024.
<p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim
and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their
award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning
£151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Where
overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public
funds and to ask for money to be paid back. However, we seek to do so without causing
excessive hardship. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with
their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable
repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance
overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s
Allowance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided
in the table below.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Carer’s Allowance Debt
Value Grouping</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume of Carer’s Allowance Debts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£0.01
- £500.00</p></td><td><p>61.9k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500.01 - £1000.00</p></td><td><p>29.7k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1000.01
- £5000.00</p></td><td><p>53.2k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5000.01 - £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>11.3k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over
£20,000.00</p></td><td><p>0.3k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>156.3k</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information,
which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended
for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied
to our published official statistics.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data is
taken as a snapshot as at 03/04/2024, the closest date we can obtain to 06/04/2024.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of carer’s
allowance of (a) £0.01 - £500, (b) £500.01 - £1,000, (c) £1,000.01 - £5,000, (d) £5,000.01
- £20,000 and (e) more than £20,000 were made in the (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and
(iii) 2023-24 financial years.
<p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim
and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their
award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning
£151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Where
overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public
funds and to ask for money to be paid back. However, we seek to do so without causing
excessive hardship. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with
their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable
repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance
overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s
Allowance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided in
the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Carer’s Allowance Debt
Value Grouping</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£0.01
- £500.00</p></td><td><p>26.4k</p></td><td><p>20.3k</p></td><td><p>28.0k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500.01
- £1000.00</p></td><td><p>12.2k</p></td><td><p>11.4k</p></td><td><p>11.9k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1000.01
- £5000.00</p></td><td><p>18.4k</p></td><td><p>16.4k</p></td><td><p>18.6k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5000.01
- £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>2.9k</p></td><td><p>1.3k</p></td><td><p>1.3k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over
£20,000.00</p></td><td><p>0.1k</p></td><td><p>0.1k</p></td><td><p>0.0k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60.1k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49.5k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59.9k</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information,
which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended
for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied
to our published official statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>
