Oral Question·Women and Equalities
“What steps the Government is taking to help (a) women and (b) men balance work with childcare responsibilities.”
Tabled: 17 November 2017Answered: 23 November 2017
Asked by
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
Answering Minister
the Minister for Women and Equalities
Answer from Hansard
Andrew Western
I thank my hon. Friend for his question. The assessment I have made is of a trend that is up, up, up after 14 years of the Conservative party failing to act. We lost £9.7 billion in fraud and error in the Department for Work and Pensions last year, and we have lost £35 billion since the pandemic. That is too much, which is why I hope colleagues will support the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill on Second Reading later.