Fraud and error in housing benefit

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 8 Oct 2014 Closed: 26 Mar 2015 Parliament page
The Department for Work and Pensions spent £23.9 billion on Housing Benefit in 2013-14, 15% of its total benefit spending. DWP estimates that £1.4 billion of Housing Benefit was overpaid in 2013-14. At 5.8% of expenditure, Housing Benefit has the highest rate of overpayment among the Department's benefits. Overpayments were … Read more
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
24 Nov
2015
Correspondence
27 Mar
2015
Report published
13 Jan
2015
Report published
29 Oct
2014
Oral evidence
29 Oct
2014
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
29 Oct 2014
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Title HC No. Published Items Response
27th Report - Housing benefit fraud and error HC 706 13 Jan 2015 0 Responded
Correspondence 1 letter
24 Nov 2015 Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Work and Pensions relating to Fraud and Error in Housing Benefit
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