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Personal Independence Payment: Fraud

Asked by Graeme DownieLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 February 2025UIN 29372

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of fraudulent claims there were for the Personal Independence Payment in each (a) nation and (b) region in each of the last five years.

Answered by Andrew Western

We publish annual estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain, however as these figures are produced using sample data, they are not available below the national level.

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