Question follow-through · 106395
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps has he taken to help tackle fraud in the welfare system.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps has he taken to help tackle fraud in the welfare system.
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2026
Answer published
Since Autumn Budget 2024, the Government has committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in Great Britain, which includes savings from the new powers contained within the Public Authorities (Fraud, Er...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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