Source · National Audit Office
Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2016-17
Published: 4 Jul 2017
Type: Financial Audit
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has qualified his audit opinion on the regularity of the 2016-17 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions. This is owing to the high level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure excluding State Pension, resulting in over and underpayments to claimants. 4 July 2017