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<p>The latest information of the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff who are
in paid employment and undertake investigations on benefit fraud is in the table below:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DWP
Product</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CFC
ESOC</strong></p></td><td><p>527.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CFC Fraud Investigations
(Including Surveillance)</strong></p></td><td><p>627.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1154.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Please note the following caveats</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data
is drawn at the end of each month. Data is correct as of end of November 2023.</li><li>Figures
were derived from the Department’s Activity Based Model (ABM), which provides Full
Time Equivalent (FTE) figures based on point in time estimate by Line Managers. They
cover only FTE of staff with paid employment. They have been rounded to one decimal
place.</li><li>Figures include all staff on CFC Economic Serious Organised Crime and
CFC Investigations including staff undertaking surveillance activities.</li><li>The
data is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect
comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen
as an indication of how staff have been deployed.</li><li>The number of staff is unpublished
management information, collected and intended for internal department use and has
not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics standard. As
the Department holds the information, we have released it.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information on the cost of fraud to the public purse has
been set out in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023"
target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
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