Universal Credit: Fraud
Commons · Question 71039 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
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.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 4 Sep 2025
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