United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 71039
Universal Credit: Fraud
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29 August 2025
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4 September 2025 · Answer
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4 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated cost of (a) fraud and (b) error in Universal Credit claims was in each of the last five years.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated cost of (a) fraud and (b) error in Universal Credit claims was in each of the last five years.
Source: Commons
4 September 2025
Answer
Estimates of the overpayment cost of fraud and error in the benefit system for the past five financial years can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71039
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827815
- uk · wq-1827815 · source updated 4 September 2025