Question follow-through · 21327
Personal Independence Payment: Fraud
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,
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
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,
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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8 Jan 2025
Answer published
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.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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