Housing Benefit debt recoveries statistics: April 2020 to March 2021
Data on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.
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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of Housing Benefit: debt recoveries statistics.
This publication includes data on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.
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