Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16615
Social Security Benefits: Fraud and Maladministration
Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of alternative methods to reduce fraud and error in the benefits system that would not involve granting her Department's investigators acc
Answer
Andrew WesternFraud and error in the social security system currently costs the taxpayer almost £10 billion a year and, since the pandemic, a total of £35 billion of taxpayers’ money has been incorrectly paid to those not entitled to the money. This Government will red...
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