Overpayments
An overpayment is where you have been paid more Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit than you are entitled to.
Why do overpayments occur?
We may have received some information that means we have to review the amount of benefit you receive. If the change means that the amount of benefit goes down and we have already paid you the higher amount there will be an overpayment.
Further information is available in the Housing Benefit Overpayments| leaflet.