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Department for Work and Pensions: Fraud and Maladministration

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 16389, tabled on 26 November 2024

Question

Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative
Mid Leicestershire
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost of hiring 3,000 additional staff in fraud and error.

Answer

Andrew Western
Labour
Stretford and Urmston
Commons

Answered on

3 December 2024

His Majesty’s Treasury allocated DWP £110m to deliver on the fraud, error and debt Autumn Budget measures over the next financial year. As part of this, the Department is hiring an additional 3,000 staff to expand DWP’s Fraud, Error and Debt (FED) operations.

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