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<p>Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system, including for the last
two financial years, have been published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system"
target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The
rate of fraud overpayments fell from 3.0% of benefit expenditure in 2021/2022 to 2.7%
in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>To be clear, the percentage of fraud cases represents the
average cases incorrect due to fraud at one time, rather than the total number over
a whole year. We express this as a percentage, rather than as a whole number.</p><p>
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