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Social Security Benefits: Lincolnshire

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 75564

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in the welfare system in Lincolnshire.

Answered by Andrew Western

Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial year 2024-25 can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2024 to 2025 estimates - GOV.UK

We do not provide sub-national estimates of fraud and error as we are unable to break the statistics down to this level.

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