Some people have received a letter from the government detailing debt they're now in due to an overpayment on their side
According to figures provided in court, there were 337,000 individual cases of Universal Credit official error overpayments in 2020/2021Unfortunately, the court’s judgement in K’s case revealed that financial hardship alone isn’t enough to warrant benefit debt to be waived. However, the Benefits Overpayment Recovery Guide outlines to staff that all debts should be recovered without causing ‘undue financial hardship to debtors’.
Alexander McColl, from Garden North Court Chambers, which advised the Public Law Project on K’s case, has provided an explanation on using the Benefits Overpayment Recovery Guide which can be found on the According to McColl, financial hardship won’t be enough to justify a claim but it ‘will be relevant when combined with other factors’.
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