Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 93193

Social Security Benefits: Fraud and Maladministration

Tabled: 20 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit expenditure was lost to fraud and error in the most recent year for which figures are available by benefit type.

Answer

Andrew Western

Since Autumn Budget 2024, including the new announcements at Autumn Budget 2025, the Government have committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in Great Britain. Estimates of the levels of fraud and ...

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