Social Security Benefits: Fraud
Commons · Question 93196 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department were employed in tackling benefit fraud in (a) 2025 and (b) 2020.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 27 Nov 2025
Since Autumn Budget 24, including the new announcements at Autumn Budget 25, the Government have committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in GB. The Government is committed to ensuring that public ...