Benefit overpayments
When repayments have to be made
You may have to pay the money back if you’ve been overpaid. For example, if:
- the information you gave was wrong
- you did not report a change in your circumstances straight away
- you gave the wrong information when you reported a change of circumstances
- a mistake was made with your payment
Find out how to make repayments.
There’s a different system if the person overpaid has died.