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Personal Independence Payment: Fraud

Asked by Richard BurgonLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 8 January 2025UIN 21327

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14654 on Personal Independence Payment, what estimate her Department has made of the total amount lost to PIP fraud in financial year (a) 2020-21,

Answered by Andrew Western

Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial years requested can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK Please see the requested information in the attached document.

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