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Social Security Benefits: Fraud and Maladministration

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 27 November 2025UIN 93206

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an annual breakdown of benefit fraud and error by nationality and immigration status of the claimant.

Answered by Andrew Western

The Monetary Value of Fraud and Error Statistics are not disaggregated by nationality and immigration status.

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