Social Security Benefits
(asked on 11th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reduction in fraud and error in the benefit system he expects by the end of 2024.
This question was answered on 14th March 2024
DWP measures fraud and error in the welfare system via annual national statistics published each May.
The Department has a target to save at least £1.3 billion in 2023-24 from its dedicated counter fraud and error resource. Further information on this is included in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) Report, available on GOV.UK. The ARA report for financial year 23/24 is expected to be published Summer 2024.