Social Security Benefits: Fraud
(asked on 16th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps has he taken to help tackle fraud in the welfare system.
This question was answered on 22nd January 2026
Since Autumn Budget 2024, the Government has committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in Great Britain, which includes savings from the new powers contained within the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act.
The Act has been published on the Parliament website and is available here: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025.