Question follow-through · 14192
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Driving bans for those who refuse to repay benefit debts as new DWP powers come into force, published on 24 June 2026, how many people are expec
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Driving bans for those who refuse to repay benefit debts as new DWP powers come into force, published on 24 June 2026, how many people are expec
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2026
Answer published
New debt recovery powers agreed by Parliament in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act are designed to increase fairness and to more effectively and efficiently be able to recover debt from individuals who are not in receipt of benefit or...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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