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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-12-20more like thismore than 2016-12-20
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Overpayments more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of benefit and tax credit debt (a) repaid and (b) written-off was in each financial year from 2003-04 to 2015-16 in each region and constituent part of the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Makerfield remove filter
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Yvonne Fovargue more like this
uin 58574 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-01-12more like thismore than 2017-01-12
answer text <p>The information is not readily available in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts for benefit repaid, written off and owed at the end of the financial year can be found in DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts. The following link provides information for the latest financial year 2015 -2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts of tax credit debt, repayments, remissions and write-offs are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2015-16 report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf</a></p>
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
grouped question UIN 58575 more like this
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less than 2017-01-12T11:44:42.403Zmore like thismore than 2017-01-12T11:44:42.403Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
tabling member
4034
label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue more like this