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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-11-21more like thismore than 2018-11-21
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Funeral Payments: Overpayments more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of funeral payments her Department recovered in 2017. more like this
tabling member constituency High Peak more like this
tabling member printed
Ruth George remove filter
uin 194207 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-11-28more like thismore than 2018-11-28
answer text <p>We make low-cost funeral expense payments to people who receive (or whose partners receive) a qualifying benefit or Tax Credit. These are recoverable from the estate of the deceased, where possible, but we write most of them off as often there aren’t enough assets in the estate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Debt Management can also recover any Funeral Expenses Payments that were paid incorrectly; e.g. where a payment was made as a result of a qualifying benefit being claimed incorrectly either as a result of claimant error or fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst DWP does hold data regarding this type of overpayment the numbers are low, less than 15 in total for the period requested.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
grouped question UIN
194206 more like this
194208 more like this
194209 more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-11-28T16:54:12.27Zmore like thismore than 2018-11-28T16:54:12.27Z
answering member
4105
label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
4662
label Biography information for Ruth George more like this