Recommendation 10

Despite recognising these limitations and uncertainty in its current estimates, the Department does not believe that its grant funding has been subject to significant fraud.40 It suggests that fraud will ultimately range between 1% and 2%, which it would consider as ‘normal’ and consistent with its expectations.41 Conversely, it suggests that it has been more surprised by grant schemes impacted by error where local authorities have made payments to ineligible businesses or have overpaid to eligible businesses.42 Whether local authority administered grants reached the right businesses