Question follow-through · 19808
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Overpayments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of overpayments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have been recovered since 2020.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of overpayments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have been recovered since 2020.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The final estimate of the error and fraud rate across the lifecycle of the three HMRC Covid-19 support schemes; Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Eat Out to Help Out is between 3.3 per cent and 7.4 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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