Universal Credit: Fraud
Commons · Question 108340 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent fraud relating to Universal Credit recipients claiming for properties they no longer occupy.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 12 Feb 2026
Since Autumn Budget 2024, the Government has committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in GB, which includes savings from the new powers contained within the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Rec...