Housing Benefit Fraud (Hansard, 31 October 2001)

HC Deb 31 October 2001 vol 373 c752W 752W

§ Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the level of housing benefit fraud. [10460]

§ Malcolm Wicks
The latest estimate for the monetary value of fraud and error in housing benefit was published in the report "National Housing Benefit Accuracy Review 97/98" which is in the Library. In April this year we set up the housing benefit review which will deliver an on-going measurement of fraud and error in housing benefit.