Written Question·Treasury·UIN 96531
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Question
Sarah Pochin
Reform UK — Runcorn 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 TomlinsonHMRC’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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