Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the projected £1.2 billion in savings is expected to arise from the prevention of fraud, the correction of claimant error, the correction of official error and the prevention of overpayments.

The methodology behind the projected savings and can be found in the Regulatory Impact Assessment for the PAFER Act 2025 (pages 47-49).

It is not currently possible to breakdown the Eligibility Verification Measure savings profile into the prevention of fraud, the correction of claimant error, the correction of official error and the prevention of overpayments.