PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Widowed Parent's Allowance (2 July 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants (a) received an overpayment of widowed parent's allowance and (b) were prosecuted for benefit fraud in respect of that allowance in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour)

The table below represents the number of claimants in receipt of Widowed Parent's Allowance who received an overpayment and DWP recorded a prosecution outcome.

Claimants in receipt of Widowed Parents Allowance
Fiscal Year	Number of claimants who received an overpayment	Number of cases with a Prosecution Outcome
2009 – 2010	1.42K	0
2010 – 2011	1.48K	4
2011 – 2012	2.01K	2
2012 – 2013	2.59K	1
2013 – 2014	2.61K	6

Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
7 July 2014