Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71374

Social Security Benefits: North East

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in the welfare system in the North East.

Answer

Andrew Western

Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial year 2024-25 can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2024 to 2025 estimates - GOV.UKWe do not provide sub-national estimates of fraud and err...

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