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Joe Simpson
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
By email:
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Date: 6 December 2022
Our ref:
FOI2022/69216
Dear Joe Simpson
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
Thank you for your request, which was received on 7 November, for the following
information:
“Can you tel me the number of payments made in each of the fol owing years that were as a
a result of recognition of official error in the payment of child benefit.
2019
2020
2021”
The totals for the years requested are:
April 2019 to March 2020 a total of 2464 official errors were raised totalling £841,172.06
April 2020 to March 2021 a total of 2016 official errors were raised totalling £759,287.75.
April 2021 to March 2022 a total of 1275 official errors were raised tota lling £450,740.71.
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