Chapter 53: Overpayments

Chapter 53: Overpayments

This chapter covers:

1. Introduction (here)

2. Overpayments that are always recoverable (here)

3. Overpayments that are sometimes recoverable (here)

4. Recovery of overpaid benefit here

5. Overpayments of housing benefit here

For overpayments of tax credits, see Chapter 64. For overpayments of Scottish social security benefits, see Chapter 76.

References in this chapter to HM Revenue and Customs apply to overpayments of child benefit and guardian’s allowance.

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