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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(19 November 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what overpayments of benefits due to Departmental error there were in each of the last five financial years.

Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)

Answer

The Department publishes estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system by financial year. These statistics for the last five years are available at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK

Below is an extract:

OVERALL LEVELS OF MVFE

FYE 24

FYE 23

FYE 22

FYE21

FYE 20

All

3.7%  (£9.7bn)

3.6%  (£8.3bn)

4.0%  (£8.7bn)

3.9%  (£8.2bn)

2.4%  (£4.5bn)

Fraud

2.8%  (£7.4bn)

2.7%  (£6.3bn)

3.0%  (£6.5bn)

2.9%  (£6.2bn)

1.4%  (£2.7bn)

Claimant Error

0.6%  (£1.6bn)

0.6%  (£1.4bn)

0.7%  (£1.5bn)

0.6%  (£1.3bn)

0.6%  (£1.1bn)

Official Error

0.3%  (£0.8bn)

0.3%  (£0.7bn)

0.3%  (£0.7bn)

0.4%  (£0.8bn)

0.4%  (£0.7bn)


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