Guidance
Housing Benefit debt recoveries: background information and methodology note
Background information on Housing Benefit debt recoveries data.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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The Housing Benefit debt recoveries statistics show the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.
This background note includes information on how the Housing Benefit debt recoveries statistics are collected and published.
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Published 9 September 2015Last updated 7 September 2022 + show all updates
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The separate 'background information and methodology' and 'methodology and definitions' documents have been combined and updated in this new single document. The latest release of the Housing Benefit debt recoveries data has been published today (Wednesday, 7 September 2022).
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Published a revised version of the background information note, new version is dated March 2017.
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First published.