Department for Work and Pensions: Fraud and Maladministration

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of staff working on fraud and error in his Department work on (a) preventing fraud and error upfront and (b) detecting fraud and error after it has happened.

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1. 19 April 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of staff working on fraud and error in his Department work on (a) preventing fraud and error upfront and (b) detecting fraud and error after it has happened.

   Source: Commons

2. 29 April 2024

   Answer

   Tackling loss is a key priority for DWP and every member of staff undertakes mandatory annual fraud and error training. Outside of this, we secured an additional £900 million in recent Spending Rounds which enabled us to enhance both our fraud and error p...

   Source: Written answer

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