Accredited official statistics

Housing Benefit debt recoveries statistics: April 2020 to September 2020

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: 3 March 2021

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Housing Benefit debt recoveries statistics: April 2020 to September 2020

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78659-293-4

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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 2020 to September 2020. This is also known as quarters 1 and 2 of financial year 2020 to 2021.

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

Published 3 March 2021