Social Security Benefits: Fraud and Maladministration
Commons · Question 60818 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness in reducing levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in benefit awards.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 23 Jun 2025
The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) sets out DWP’s approach to reducing fraud and error in the benefit system. The 2023/24 ARA can be found here:ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2023-24 (publishing.service.gov.uk) and states that in 2023/24 DWP ...