A mistake that cost the treasury tens of millions: 13,800 families mistakenly received heating subsidies. Should they be returned?
According to DR, citing a press release from the Danish Energy Agency, approximately 13,800 households received heating subsidies despite not being eligible, costing the state treasury 83 million Danish kroner. This is not the first such incident. Last February, when heating subsidies were disbursed as part of an inflation relief package approved by the Danish parliament, it was discovered that around 10,600 households had mistakenly received a lump sum of 6,000 Danish kroner to help with high energy bills. At the time, it was reported that 60 million kroner had been paid out in error.
One of the conditions for obtaining heating subsidies is that the family income must be less than 650,000 Danish kroner per year after deducting taxes. In both cases, the first time and the current time, mistakes occurred that resulted in the transfer of heating subsidy funds to those who did not deserve them, as many of the families who received heating subsidies by mistake have an annual income of more than 650,000 Danish kroner.
What about families who received the money by mistake?
According to the source, families who received the heating check by mistake are not obligated to return the money, as it was an official error.
According to the source, Morten Hvidberg, acting director of the Data Provision and Infrastructure Agency, said: “It was a complex task and therefore we emphasized detailed documentation specifically to enable error checking. That is why we are so sorry that this error occurred.”.
The new application round has been delayed.
While the calculation error is being corrected, a new round of heating check payments is being delayed. A supplemental round of applications was launched for households that did not automatically receive heating support in 2022 due to a previously discovered data error. The Energy Agency wrote that the new calculation error, which revealed many unjustified payments, will delay this round, possibly until June, according to the statement.
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