{"value":{"id":1908598,"askingMemberId":5217,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-05-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-01T00:00:00","uin":"3868","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to assess the impact of benefit overpayments on the public purse.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4979,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-06-05T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department publishes yearly estimates of fraud and error in the benefit system and the impact of overpayments on the public purse. The latest of which is available here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-ending-fye-2026-estimates\" target=\"_blank\">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year ending (FYE) 2026 estimates - GOV.UK</a> and relates to benefit claims sampled between September 2024 and October 2025.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Social Security Benefits: Overpayments","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1908598","method":"GET"}]}