Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 23938

Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 21 January 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) fraud, (b) debt and (c) error through AI.

Answer

Andrew Western
Since the pandemic, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has lost over £8 billion per year to fraud and error. DWP has committed to further fraud, error and debt measures at Autumn Budget 2024; these will deliver an additional £7bn between 2025/26 a...

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