New Clause 17
Welfare Reform Bill
4:00 pm
Overpayment of benefits
‘(1) For the purposes of section 75(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 any amount of housing benefit paid in excess of entitlement may not be recovered if the overpayment was the fault of the Secretary of State.
(2) For the purposes of section 76(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 any excess benefit may not be recovered if the payment of excess benefit was the fault of the Secretary of State.’.—[Danny Alexander.]