Owen Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Owen Smith on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of times a universal credit claimant has been paid housing benefit and housing costs at the same time resulting in an overpayment of housing benefit.
Priti Patel
The information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.