Housing Benefit Debt Recovery Statistics Series Concludes
UKPulse Consumer Desk
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published the final release of its Housing Benefit Debt Recovery statistics.
- The publication covers Housing Benefit overpayments, recoveries, and amounts written off.
- Housing Benefit is an income-related benefit designed to help with rented accommodation costs.
- The statistical series has been discontinued following a consultation.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released the final publication in its Housing Benefit Debt Recovery (HBDR) statistical series. These statistics provide data on Housing Benefit overpayments to claimants, the amounts recovered, and those written off.
Housing Benefit is an income-related benefit intended to assist with housing costs for rented accommodation. The decision to discontinue the HBDR statistics followed a consultation.