| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Fraud |
| Question ID: |
1745748 |
| UIN: |
16911 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1409 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reduction in fraud and error in the benefit system she plans to achieve by the end of 2025. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
At Autumn Budget, the OBR updated their forecasts. This shows the impact of the Department’s plans to reduce fraud and error levels across the scorecard period. In addition to this, the Department provides annual updates on the effectiveness of their plan... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |