Question follow-through · 16389
Department for Work and Pensions: Fraud and Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost of hiring 3,000 additional staff in fraud and error.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost of hiring 3,000 additional staff in fraud and error.
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2024
Answer published
His Majesty’s Treasury allocated DWP £110m to deliver on the fraud, error and debt Autumn Budget measures over the next financial year. As part of this, the Department is hiring an additional 3,000 staff to expand DWP’s Fraud, Error and Debt (FED) operati...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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