Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Fraud and error stocktake inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 10 Aug 2015 Closed: 12 May 2016 1 report

Benefits and tax credits support about 20 million households across the UK. The level of fraud and error has been a persistent concern for the Committee. In 2013-14, the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs overpaid benefits and tax credit claimants by £4.6 billion because of fraud and error, and underpaid …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
4th Report - Fraud and Error Stocktake HC 394 28 Oct 2015 0

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
14 Sep 2015 Session View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
18 Jul 2016 Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Work and Pens…
13 Jun 2016 Correspondence from DWP and HMRC relating to the Committee's Report of Session …