| Heading: |
Personal Independence Payment: Fraud |
| Question ID: |
1751638 |
| UIN: |
21327 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4493 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Richard Burgon
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| Asking Member handle: |
richardburgon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@richardburgon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14654 on Personal Independence Payment, what estimate her Department has made of the total amount lost to PIP fraud in financial year (a) 2020-21, |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-08 |
| 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: |
Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial years requested can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK Please see the requested information in the attached document. |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |