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Various changes made to Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 5, Chapter 6 and Appendices 2 and 5, regarding legacy benefit, civil penalties, recovery rates and debt abandonment.
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Benefit overpayment recovery guide updated to version 3.10 dated April 2023.
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Updated paragraph 5.85 relating to outstanding Social Fund debt and subsequent paragraphs for chapter 5 re numbered.
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Paragraph 2.19 - It has been clarified when to recover SMOP.
Paragraph 5.83 - The Social Fund write-off policy has been clarified.
New paragraph 5.113 - If a debtor refuses to pay their debt, then the Department can take enforcement action to recover the debt, including civil action to obtain a CCJ (County Court Judgement).
New paragraphs 6.31 and 6.32 to explain the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space)
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Updated Benefit overpayment recovery guide chapter 8.
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Benefit overpayment recovery guide updated to version 2.80.
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Benefit overpayment recovery guide updated to version 2.70. Replaced chapter 8 following a change to the waiver policy.
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Added a section relating to when a claimant is in prison (5.114) and also amended the details about Maximum deduction rates (Appendix 4 – Priority of Deductions from Universal Credit).
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Benefit overpayment recovery guide updated to version 2.60.
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Added the bullet point 'where the arrears specifically only relate to one or both of the previous two payment periods' to the guide in section 5.50.
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Added HTML version of Benefit overpayment recovery guide.
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Benefit overpayment recovery guide updated to version 2.50.
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Repayments that were temporarily stopped because of coronavirus are starting again.
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Benefit overpayment recovery guide updated with explanation that repayments of overpaid benefits have been temporarily stopped because of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Added explanation that repayments of overpaid benefits have been temporarily stopped because of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Updated 'Benefit overpayment recovery guide' to version 2.40 November 2019.
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Numerous revisions made to 'Benefit overpayment recovery guide', version 2.30 December 2018.
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Published revised 'Benefit overpayment recovery guide', dated February 2018.
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Published revised 'Benefit overpayment recovery guide', dated May 2017.
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