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DWP Apologizes After Five-Year Debt Letters Sent to Wrong Sarah McKenzie

Officials say corrected records will stop demands that caused severe distress.

Overview

  • Sarah McKenzie in Liverpool received repeated DWP debt notices totaling £5,444.19 over about five years.
  • The letters were intended for a different woman with the same name, and they displayed the other person’s national insurance number.
  • McKenzie says DWP staff repeatedly confirmed she owed nothing, yet the letters continued to arrive.
  • Correspondence paused briefly but restarted after she moved house roughly three years ago.
  • The single mother, who cares for her 23-year-old autistic son, reported significant mental health strain before the DWP corrected her records and said the notices will cease.