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Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Asked by Richard BurgonLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 13 February 2025UIN 30109

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of fraud in the social security system in financial year 2023-24 by benefit.

Answered by Andrew Western

Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial year 2023-24 can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system, Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2024 - GOV.UK

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