Social Security Benefits: North East
Commons · Question 71374 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in the welfare system in the North East.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 4 Sep 2025
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.UKWe do not provide sub-national estimates of fraud and err...