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<p>Internal Management information shows that in April 2019, 80,000 payments of Universal
Credit (UC) had a deduction applied to repay a UC overpayment (this figure does not
include UC Advances and has been rounded to the nearest 10,000).</p><p> </p><p>It
is not possible to show this figure as a percentage as the latest UC caseload data
is only available as of 14<sup>th</sup> February 19. However, for context as of 14<sup>th</sup>
February 19, 1.4m households received payments of UC.</p><p /><p>The Department ensures
that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who have deductions
from their benefit to repay overpayments. There are maximum rates of deduction that
are set out in legislation, and if a claimant is struggling they can contact the Department’s
Debt Management Team to discuss lowering their repayment rate.</p>
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