Widowed Parent's Allowance

(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Questioner
Stephen Doughty Portrait
Stephen Doughty
(Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants (a) received an overpayment of widowed parent's allowance and (b) were prosecuted for benefit fraud in respect of that allowance in each of the last five years.

Answered by
Esther McVey Portrait
Esther McVey
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 7th July 2014

The table below represents the number of claimants in receipt of Widowed Parent's Allowance who received an overpayment and DWP recorded a prosecution outcome.

Claimants in receipt of Widowed Parents Allowance

Fiscal Year

Number of claimants who received an overpayment

Number of cases with a Prosecution Outcome

2009 – 2010

1.42K

0

2010 – 2011

1.48K

4

2011 – 2012

2.01K

2

2012 – 2013

2.59K

1

2013 – 2014

2.61K

6

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