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Twenty-Sixth Report - Department of Work and Pensions Accounts 2019-20

Public Accounts Committee HC 681 Published 18 November 2020

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (12 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified

Accepted 22

Accepted in Part 3

Acknowledged 1

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 6

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty sixth report from Session 2019-21 · published 25 Mar 2021

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

2 Recommendation Deferred

Even before COVID-19, fraud and error overpayments were at their highest ever rates, with around...

Recommendation

Even before COVID-19, fraud and error overpayments were at their highest ever rates, with around £1 in £10 of Universal Credit paid incorrectly. The estimated overpayment rate, excluding State Pension, now stands at 4.8% (£4.5 billion) of benefit expenditure of … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government agrees in principle but defers setting annual targets for fraud and error until 2021-22, as the COVID-19 pandemic requires detailed analysis to baseline the current position. It will consider the viability of individual targets then.

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