Question follow-through · 97233
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of fraud and error detection systems used in Universal Credit administration.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of fraud and error detection systems used in Universal Credit administration.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
Over the last year, we have seen a statistically significant decrease in the Universal Credit overpayment rate from 12.4% to 9.7% of expenditure - this represents a 21% fall in the overpayment rate, equivalent to £1.7bn in terms of FYE 2025 Universal Cred...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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