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Universal Credit: Fraud

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 71039

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated cost of (a) fraud and (b) error in Universal Credit claims was in each of the last five years.

Answered by Andrew Western

Estimates of the overpayment cost of fraud and error in the benefit system for the past five financial years can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK

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