| Heading: |
Carer’s Allowance: Overpayments |
| Question ID: |
1786895 |
| UIN: |
39974 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4846 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Colum Eastwood
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Colum Eastwood
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered pausing the creation of new Carer’s Allowance overpayment debts until after the independent review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments?has published its recommendations. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
We recognise that overpayments have caused anxiety for some people. This is why it is important to take the time to independently review these circumstances, so we can find out exactly what went wrong and make things right. The review is not a substitute ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |