Court rules DWP cannot recover overpayments
Submitted by intec on Thu, 12/11/2009 - 11:42
On the 13th October 2009 The Court of Appeal ruled that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) cannot recover overpayments of social security benefits through the courts if the claimant is not at fault.
The decision in a key test case affects payments made by the Department for Work and Pensions and means that taxpayers will pick up the bill for errors made by the awarding authority.
This will no doubt have a huge impact on the number of 'fraud' referrals your local authority may receive.
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