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Housing Benefit debt recoveries: April to September 2019

Data on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 4 March 2020
• Last updated: 6 March 2020 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Housing Benefit debt recoveries: April 2019 to September 2019

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78659-193-7

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Tables: Housing Benefit debt recoveries: April 2019 to September 2019

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Details

The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of Housing Benefit: debt recoveries statistics.

The data in this release is for April 2019 to September 2019 (also known as quarters 1 and 2 of financial year 2019 to 2020).

Housing Benefit is an income related benefit that is intended to help meet housing costs for rented accommodation. The statistics in this release capture information on:

• the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants
• the overpayments recovered
• the amounts written off

Find previous releases of Housing Benefit: recoveries data.

Published 4 March 2020
Last updated 6 March 2020 + show all updates

1. 6 March 2020

   Published a revised version of the data tables. Changed to correct the 'Written-Off data' (in tab 1_4) for all London local authorities for quarters 1 and 2. No other changes to the data have been made.

2. 4 March 2020

   First published.