Social Security Benefits: Scotland
(asked on 17th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2018 to Question 156480, on Social Security Benefits: Scotland, how many claimants the total value of outstanding benefit overpayment in Scotland is attributable to.
This question was answered on 23rd July 2018
Current data at 17 July 2018 shows that the total value of outstanding benefit overpayments to be devolved to the Scottish Government is £29.2m. This debt is attributable to 17,000 claimants.
The actual amounts devolved to the Scottish Government will be subject to the value at the point of transfer and accounting agreements between the two governments.