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<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>
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