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Recommendation 9
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Estimated £1.1 billion losses from grant scheme fraud and error, primarily in first cohort.
Recommendation
DBT currently estimates losses due to fraud and error from the grant schemes to be £1.1 billion. £985 million of this (or around 90%) is attributed to the first cohort. The much smaller estimates for the later schemes are still being refined; DBT told us that although the numbers may creep up slightly, the £1.1 billion total is expected to be pretty stable.13 6 C&AG’s Report, Figures 4, 5 and 6 7 Q 117; C&AG’s Report, para 1.6 and Figure 3 8 Qq 12, 19, 24–28, 32, 56 9 Qq 48, 98–99 10 Qq 79, 99 11 Q 79 12 C&AG’s Report, paras 1.5–1.6 13 Qq 13, 19 and 31; C&AG’s Report, para 2.16 10 Local authority administered COVID support schemes in England
Government Response
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