Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether universal credit advances fraud was noted in her Department's risk register.

The Department keeps Risk Registers at various levels in the organisation. These risk registers are designed to ensure that key risks are captured, monitored and mitigated.

I can confirm that Universal Credit advances fraud is recorded on Departmental risk registers as explained in the 16^th October 2019 letter from the Department to the Honourable Member.