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Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 December 2024UIN 16681

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of reported (a) error and (b) fraud has not been investigated for each of the last five years.

Answered by Andrew Western

The Department does not hold the data requested.

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