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.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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This report provides estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain for the financial year 2018 to 2019.
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- 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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Updates to this page
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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.
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Published a revised version of the release to correct the Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance overpayments chart labels (see page 7 of the PDF). Revised data tables were also published - footnote 8 about Universal Credit has been corrected. .
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