Question follow-through · 116959
Taxation: Overpayments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) what the current average processing time is for HMRC overpayment relief claims; and (b) what steps her Department are taking to reduce times in processing those claims.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) what the current average processing time is for HMRC overpayment relief claims; and (b) what steps her Department are taking to reduce times in processing those claims.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
HMRC recognises that payments to customers are important, therefore claims are processed as priority post. HMRC aims to process 80% of priority post received within 15 working days. Customer correspondence performance is reported monthly and quarterly thr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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