[2025] UKUT 200 (AAC)

Section 71ZB of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 provides the following that is relevant to this appeal:

“71ZB Recovery of overpayments of certain benefits

(1)

The Secretary of State may recover any amount of the following paid in excess of entitlement—

(a)

universal credit,

(b)

jobseeker's allowance,

(c)

employment and support allowance, and

[(d) except in prescribed circumstances, housing credit (within the meaning of the State Pension Credit Act 2002).]

(2)

An amount recoverable under this section is recoverable from—

(a)

the person to whom it was paid, or

(b)

such other person (in addition to or instead of the person to whom it was paid) as may be prescribed.

(3)

An amount paid in pursuance of a determination is not recoverable under this section unless the determination has been—

(a)

reversed or varied on an appeal, or

(b)

revised or superseded under section 9 or section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998,