Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23867
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Maladministration
Tabled: 26 April 2024
Answered: 1 May 2024
Named DayQuestion
Steve Reed
Labour (Co-op) — Streatham and Croydon North
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of administrative errors made by his Department in each year since 2010.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs. Defra reports losses from error to the Public Sector Fraud Authority. We are unable to provide a breakdown of losses from administrative errors only – err...
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