Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments

Steve Webb
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Adjudicator’s Office has recommended in relation to tax credit cases that HM Revenue and Customs (a) pay in compensation to claimants, (b) forgo in tax and interest and (c) write off in overpaid tax credits since March 2008.

Mr. Timms
From 1 April 2008 the Adjudicator’s Office recommended that HMRC pay £280,093 in compensation relating to tax credit cases and recommended £3,523,457 of overpayment to be written off. Interest is not generally chargeable on tax credit cases. The Adjudicators Office has not made recommendations with regard to forgoing tax or interest in relation to tax credit cases.