The DWP has published the 2024 Fraud and Error in the Benefit System report, showing £90m in overpayments to claimants that will have to be paid back
Roughly a third of people in Britain receive help from the Department for Work and Pensions , with around 22.7 million getting some form of benefit or State Pension. The most recent figures, published in the 2024 Fraud and Error in the Benefit System report, reveal that the total amount of benefit overpayments during the previous year was £9.7 billion , a rise from £8.3bn in 2023.
The DWP attributed the primary cause for PIP overpayments to claimant error , where an individual has neglected to report a change in their circumstances, specifically an improvement in their condition, reports the Daily Record. Changes to daily living or mobility needs You should tell DWP if, for example, you need more or less help or support or the condition will last for a longer or shorter time than you previously told DWP about.Leaving the country or planning to leave the country for a period of more than four weeks - even if this is a holiday This change may affect the claimant’s entitlement to PIP.
Care homes The daily living component of PIP ceases to be payable after 28 days of residency in a care home where the costs of the accommodation are met from public or local funds. The PIP mobility component can continue to be paid. If a claimant moves between a hospital and care home, or the other way around, these periods will also link.
Suspended payments of benefit are not refunded regardless of the outcome of proceedings against the individual. Two or more separate periods in legal custody link if they are within one year of each other. Change of person acting for the claimant This refers to an appointee or someone with power of attorney for the claimant.
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