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1693884

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date	05/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	17203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>Fraud and error losses in the Department for each of the last three financial years are shown in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Detected fraud (£m)</p></td><td><p>Detected error (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£3.01</p></td><td><p>£1.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£10.43</p></td><td><p>£77.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£46.07</p></td><td><p>£1.59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures shown in this table are gross losses that do not include monies subsequently recovered as a result of loss recovery activity.</li><li>Over the corresponding 3 year period £65.95m was recovered, this figure does not relate directly to the loss figures shown in the table as recovery action may involve funds lost over multiple years.</li><li>Figures are rounded to two decimal points.</li></ol> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/04/2024 12:22:24 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 23164 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693885

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	17204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits. The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crossgovernment-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022]. This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020/21 Report was published in March 2023.</p><p>Details on detected fraud and error in the FCDO in each of the last three financial years can be found in the Annual Reports and Accounts:</p><p>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1019938/FCDO_annual_report_and_accounts_2020_to_2021_accessible.pdf]</p><p>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62e3bd54e90e07143d51932f/FCDO_Annual_Report_2021_2022_Accessible_290722.pdf]</p><p>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b18b8f07d4b8000d34733a/Foreign-Commonwealth-and-Development-Office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023.pdf]</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/03/2024 16:33:39 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693886

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	17205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish annual statistical estimates of the size of the tax gap and money lost to fraud and error.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimates of the tax gap were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">Measuring tax gaps 2023 edition: tax gap estimates for 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest error and fraud estimates for the Corporation Tax Research and Development relief schemes and for Child Benefit were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published Tax Credits Error and Fraud statistics were published in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fchild-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2021-to-2022&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csteve.robinson1%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Ca13ad89a775b488aab7a08dc3dd10a32%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638453215241472132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=n%2BdbVuMfHd%2BC8n3CRw8tuUirqtqdS%2F2nG%2FmqHETOU%2Bs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/03/2024 09:50:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693887

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	17206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss, and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020/21 Report was published in March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 14/03/2024 12:21:28 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693888

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	17207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022</a>). This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in Central Government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020-21 Report was published in March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Defence detected £149 million fraud in FY 2020-21, published in the Annual Reports and Accounts for FY 2022-23 – page 79.</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 12/03/2024 17:24:24 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds