FOI request dated 06/11/2024
Financial year 2023/2024
The number of UC claimants who have been overpaid UC within the specified timeframe was 873,221.
The total value of these overpayments were £890,567,779.49
The number of UC overpayments where a waiver was applied was 89
The value of those waiver decisions amounted to £951,609.44
Waivers are only granted in exceptional circumstances and there would need to be very specific and compelling grounds to do so. A request for waiver should normally be made in writing. This may result in all, or part of the debt being written off.’
