Question follow-through · 14653
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 October 2024 on DWP Fraud, Error and Debt Bill, HCWS114, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the £1.6 billion saved over the next five
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 October 2024 on DWP Fraud, Error and Debt Bill, HCWS114, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the £1.6 billion saved over the next five
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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21 Nov 2024
Answer published
The savings from the Eligibility Verification Measure (EVM) come from both fraud and error, and it is not possible to separate the components. The measures referred to have now been scrutinised by the Office for Budget Responsibility and included in the B...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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