Question follow-through · 18481

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many targeted case reviews her Department expects to have carried by the end of 2024.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
11 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many targeted case reviews her Department expects to have carried by the end of 2024.

  2. 11 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Since the start of Targeted Case Review, the Department expects to have completed around 815,000 Universal Credit claim reviews by the end of December 2024. Figure is rounded to the nearest 5000.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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