Written questions

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...