Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 18481

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Tabled: 9 December 2024

Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

John McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many targeted case reviews her Department expects to have carried by the end of 2024.

Answer

Andrew Western

Since the start of Targeted Case Review, the Department expects to have completed around 815,000 Universal Credit claim reviews by the end of December 2024. Figure is rounded to the nearest 5000.