Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee
DWP Accounts- Fraud and error in the benefits system
Status: Closed
Opened: 26 Aug 2021
Closed: 21 Jan 2022
1 report
Fraud and mistakes in benefit payments rose again in 2020-21 to the highest level on record . The need to relax checks to ensure the record number of new Universal Credit claims in the Covid19 crisis could be processed and paid was a major factor in this increase, but the National Audit Office has qualified …
Reports
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty-Fifth Report - The Department for Work and Pensions’… | HC 633 | 17 Nov 2021 | 0 | Responded |
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2021 | Bozena Hillyer · Department for Work and Pensions, Neil Couling · Department for Work and Pensions, Peter Schofield · Department for Work and Pensions | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan 2022 | — | Correspondence from Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Wor… |
| 25 Oct 2021 | — | Correspondence from Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Wor… |