Clause 43
Welfare Reform Bill
5:45 pm
Tim Boswell (Daventry, Conservative)
Does my hon. Friend agree that as more benefits are paid automatically into bank accounts, for reasons that we have rehearsed in other places, overpayments will become less obvious to the claimant? For example, my winter fuel payment status has changed during this month. I have no idea whether the Department has succeeded in paying my wife and myself, or only myself or whatever. I shall find out by the end of the month, and if anything is wrong, I shall rectify it. However, I cannot do so immediately. Many people in that position may continue to pay up until they run out of cash in their account.