Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 902515

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Tabled: 28 January 2025

Answered: 3 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Damien Egan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling fraud in the welfare system.

Answer

Andrew Western

We are delivering £8.6bn of new savings over the next five years to tackle fraud. This includes recruiting an additional 3,000 counter-fraud staff, committing to deliver the Targeted Case Review in Universal Credit and bringing forward savings of £1.5bn t...

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