Social Security Benefits: Fraud and Maladministration
Commons · Question 94641 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there have been changes in the levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in the benefits system since July 2024.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 4 Dec 2025
Since Autumn Budget 2024, including the new announcements at Autumn Budget 2025, the Government have committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in the welfare state in Great Britain. The Department p...