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Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2018 to 2019 estimates

Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain in the financial year 2018 to 2019.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 9 May 2019
• Last updated: 16 July 2019 바카라 사이트� See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Details

This report provides estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain for the financial year 2018 to 2019.

The main points from the report are:

• 2.2% of total benefit expenditure was overpaid due to fraud and error
• the estimated value of overpayments was 拢4.1 billion
• the net government loss, after recoveries, was 拢3.0 billion, or 1.6% of benefit expenditure
• 1.1% of total benefit expenditure (or 拢2.0 billion) was underpaid due to fraud and error

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Published 9 May 2019

Last updated 16 July 2019 + show all updates

1. 16 July 2019

   Published a revised version of the data tables, correcting the Element/Premiums total overpayment figure for Pension Credit in table 3 from 拢5 million to 拢15 million.

2. 14 May 2019

   Published a revised version of the release to correct the Jobseeker바카라 사이트檚 Allowance overpayments chart labels (see page 7 of the PDF). Revised data tables were also published - footnote 8 about Universal Credit has been corrected. .

3. 9 May 2019

   First published.