Written Question·Treasury·UIN 96531

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UKRuncorn and Helsby

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of the firms reported to HM Revenue and Customs for furlough fraud, how many (a) have been investigated and (b) remain to be investigated.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC’s Fraud Reporting Gateway receives Human Intelligence reports on a variety of topics, including COVID-19 error and fraud, that are of interest to HMRC. This Fraud Reporting Gateway has resulted in 23,000 intelligence reports relating to the COVID sch...

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