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2003-04
	Customer Error			Official Error
	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	All overpayments as percentage of total each benefit paid
IS	153	63	1.5	3	16	0.03	1.5
JSA(C)	0.7	0.3	0.14	0.019	0.09	0.003	0.14
JSA(IB)	22	9	1	0.2	0.79	0.008	1
PC	0.14	0.06	0.002	0.2	1	0.004	0.007
Other benefits	69	28	0.09	18	82	0.02	0.11
Total	245	—	—	(1)21	—	—	—
Note: Amounts not captured: (1) Estimated amount recorded in easements; £78 million. Recorded by the Recoveries from Estates team; £19 million. Total overpayments recorded; £363 million.

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2004-05
	Customer Error			Official Error
	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	All overpayments as percentage of total each benefit paid
IS	162	62	1.6	2	5	0.01	1.6
JSA(C)	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.01	0.03	0.002	0.12
JSA(IB)	26	10	1	0.11	0.35	0.006	1
PC	2	0.9	0.03	3	10	0.05	0.09
Other benefits	70	27	0.08	27	84	0.001	0.12
Total	260	—	—	(1)32	—	—	—
Note: Amounts not captured: (1) Estimated amount recorded in easements; £96 million. Recorded by the Recoveries from Estates team; £20 million. Total overpayments recorded: £408 million.

2005-06
	Customer Error			Official Error
	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	All overpayments as percentage of total each benefit paid
IS	190	67	2.1	9	7	0.09	2.2
JSA(C)	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.01	0.01	0.002	0.17
JSA(IB)	23	8	1.3	0.25	0.2	0.01	1.3
PC	6	2	0.08	30	23	0.46	0.55
Other benefits	62	22	0.07	90	70	0.06	0.18
Total	282	—	—	(1)129	—	—	—
Note: Amounts not captured: Estimated amount recorded in easements: £98 million. Total overpayments recorded: £509 million.

200 6-07
	Customer Error			Official Error
	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	All overpayments as percentage of total each benefit paid
IS	273	59	3	51	26	0.6	3.7
JSA(C)	2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.08	0.5
JSA(IB)	27	6	1.4	3	1	0.15	1.5
PC	60	13	0.9	31	16	0.5	1.1
Other benefits	101	22	0.1	129	54	0.14	0.27
Total	463	—	—	214	—	—	—
Note: Total overpayments recorded: £677 million.

200 07-08
	Customer Error			Official Error
	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	Value of overpayments ( £ million )	Percentage of total overpaid	Percentage of total of each benefit paid	All overpayments as percentage of total each benefit paid
IS	243	63	2.8	67	31	0.8	3.6
JSA(C)	2	0.5	0.48	1	0.47	0.24	0.73
JSA(IB)	24	6	1	6	3	0.33	1.7
PC	32	8	0.44	25	12	0.34	0.78
Other benefits	83	22	0.09	116	54	0.12	0.2
Total	384	—	—	215	—	—	—
Note: 1. Total Overpayments recorded; £ 599 million. 2. Values are rounded to nearest million—unless less than £1 million. 3. The figures given in this answer are actual values of official error and customer error detected and recorded by the Department. The Department also publishes estimates of overpayments in the Resource Account and in National Statistics publications. These are based on detailed examination of a random sample of benefit claims and are an estimate of all error, whether it was detected by normal Departmental processes or not. The differences in definition mean that the two sets of figures are not comparable. 4. Pension Credit was introduced from 6 October 2003, and prior to that, payments would have been made as Income Support.

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