United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 43390
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
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6 September 2021
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10 September 2021 · Answer
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10 September 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases referred through the benefit fraud portal were found to be fraudulent claims in the last 12 months.
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6 September 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases referred through the benefit fraud portal were found to be fraudulent claims in the last 12 months.
Source: Commons
10 September 2021
Answer
DWP takes fraud and error very seriously and values the part played by members of the public in reporting potential benefit fraud.Between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021, we estimate that around 6% of allegations received through the GOV.UK on-lin...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-06/43390
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1352788
- uk · wq-1352788 · source updated 10 September 2021