United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 86078
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
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2 December 2021
Last action
10 December 2021 · Answer
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10 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) reduce fraud within the benefits system.
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Timeline
2 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) reduce fraud within the benefits system.
Source: Commons
10 December 2021
Answer
The Department takes benefit fraud very seriously. We have taken further steps to reduce and minimise fraud and error during the past 18 months at a time where the Department processed an additional 3 million new Universal Credit claims.We are continuing ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-02/86078
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1384344
- uk · wq-1384344 · source updated 10 December 2021