United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 2637
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
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20 November 2023
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23 November 2023 · Answer
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23 November 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefits claims were found to be fraudulent in each of the last two years.
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20 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefits claims were found to be fraudulent in each of the last two years.
Source: Commons
23 November 2023
Answer
Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system, including for the last two financial years, have been published and can be found at:Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)The rate of fraud overpayments fell from 3.0% of bene...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-20/2637
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1671414
- uk · wq-1671414 · source updated 23 November 2023