United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 97233
Universal Credit: Fraud
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4 December 2025
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11 December 2025 · Answer
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11 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of fraud and error detection systems used in Universal Credit administration.
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4 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of fraud and error detection systems used in Universal Credit administration.
Source: Commons
11 December 2025
Answer
Over the last year, we have seen a statistically significant decrease in the Universal Credit overpayment rate from 12.4% to 9.7% of expenditure - this represents a 21% fall in the overpayment rate, equivalent to £1.7bn in terms of FYE 2025 Universal Cred...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-04/97233
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1860468
- uk · wq-1860468 · source updated 11 December 2025