Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 7
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The PSFA told us that it now agrees annual targets for all government departments to...
Conclusion
The PSFA told us that it now agrees annual targets for all government departments to reduce fraud error.12 Its latest figures from 2023–24 suggest that working towards these targets is having a tangible impact in preventing and recovering fraud losses.13 Although DWP makes its own fraud reduction targets public, the bulk of departments agree targets internally with the PSFA and do not publish them.14 The PSFA also told us that these targets are set one year at a time – it does not have a longer-term target that it is aiming towards. Instead, it looks for departments to increase their impact in reducing fraud and error each year.15 Government plans to achieve savings