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Fourth Report - The Department for Work & Pensions Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23

Public Accounts Committee HC 290 Published 6 December 2023

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (11 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 32 of 33 classified

Accepted 20

Acknowledged 1

Rejected 11

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fourth report from Session 2023-24 · published 8 Mar 2024

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

12 Conclusion Acknowledged

HMRC's tax gap attributed to criminal attacks has significantly decreased over time.

Conclusion

We also asked HMRC if it is also seeing an increase to commit fraud among taxpayers as a whole. HMRC told us it does not forecast a propensity to fraud but that the tax gap, which might be considered an … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and states it has presented detailed evidence to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), who have incorporated this within the overall forecast for fraud and error prevalence in the welfare system.

HM Treasury

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