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Universal Credit

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 173019, tabled on 24 March 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the oldest debt was incurred for cases in which Universal Credit was reduced due to historical overpayment of tax credits due to an error made by an official in the last 12 months.

Answered on

29 March 2023

Tax Credit overpayments deemed by HMRC to be caused by official error are not transferred to the DWP for recovery where a customer makes a claim for Universal Credit.

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