Question follow-through · 17598
Universal Credit: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his department is taking to ensure deductions from earnings cease promptly after a Universal Credit overpayment decision has been overturned.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his department is taking to ensure deductions from earnings cease promptly after a Universal Credit overpayment decision has been overturned.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
Where a tribunal decision overturns a Universal Credit overpayment, the decision is implemented through established DWP appeals and decision-making processes. Any resulting change to the claimant’s liability is recorded on the relevant systems and shared ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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