Written Question·Treasury·UIN 96533
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Question
Sarah Pochin
Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs expects to recover from outstanding furlough fraud investigations.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner Tom Hayhoe’s final report to Parliament found many schemes were rolled out with huge fraud risks and no early safeguards – costing the taxpayer millions. Weak accountability, bad quality data and poor contracting were ...
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