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427284

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on tackling benefit fraud and error in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Fraud and error is tackled within a number of areas across the Department. Specifically, the Fraud, Error and Debt Programme which commenced in June 2013 and delivers major change projects.</p><p>Spending on the Fraud, Error and Debt Programme for the 5 years between 2010/11 and 2014/15 was £300m, delivering savings of circa £2bn. Further savings in the region of £2.9bn are expected by the end of 2021- 2022.</p><p>In addition the Fraud and Error Service is a specialist organisation focused on identifying and correcting benefit fraud and the many Operational teams across the Department also play a critical role in preventing fraud and error occurring. The Department also provides financial incentives to Local Authorities with regard to identifying fresh initiatives to support the reduction of fraud and error in housing benefit.</p><p>To provide a breakdown of how much the Department spent in aggregate on tackling benefit fraud and error in the last five years would incur disproportionate costs and we have therefore not provided a breakdown.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:27:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427285

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to work with credit reference agencies on addressing benefit fraud and error.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>We already use credit reference agency data in the Fraud and Error Service on a case by case basis to support investigations, for example once high suspicion has already been identified which could be via a Hotline allegation or staff referral for example. In debt recovery the use of credit reference agency data enables us to have more informed discussions with the debtor and to reach agreement on rates of repayment that are sustainable for the debtor and meet our needs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:36:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427287

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to transfer housing benefit fraud investigation powers from local authorities to national investigation service.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The current intention is for Local Authority powers to prosecute Housing Benefit cases to be turned off from 02 April 2016, at which time the Department for Work and Pensions Fraud and Error Service will assume overall responsibility, following the full implementation of the Single Fraud Investigation Service Project.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:28:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427289

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of benefit fraud in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2013-14; and what proportion of total expenditure on housing benefit that cost represented in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Overpayments in the benefit system have fallen to a record low of 1.8% for 2014-15.</p><br /><p>In 2013-14 total benefit expenditure excluding housing benefit was £140bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was £0.77bn (0.55%). Similarly, Housing Benefit expenditure was £24.2bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was £0.43bn (1.78%).</p><br /><p>In 2014-15 total benefit expenditure excluding housing benefit was £144bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was £0.71bn (0.49%). Similarly, Housing Benefit expenditure was £24.3bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was 0.59bn (2.43%).</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:19:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427290

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for increased benefit fraud in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The 2014-2015 national statistics for fraud and error were published on 5 November 2015. We are committed to tackling fraud and error, and these figures show a reduction in total benefit fraud and error to the lowest ever level of 1.8%. There was a slight increase of 0.1% in the benefit fraud figure (from 0.7% in 2013-2014 to 0.8%).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:23:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

177929

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which credit reference agencies his Department has engaged in housing benefit claim verification in the last financial year; and for what purpose each such agency was engaged.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	223395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has not engaged any credit reference agencies in Housing Benefit claims in the last financial year. Individual local authorities are free to make their own local arrangements for the administration of Housing Benefit and some may use credit reference agencies to verify claims. We do not collect information on this.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/02/2015 13:57:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

91332

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Unemployment Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made at least one claim for out of work benefits in each region and constituent part of the UK since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	208778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:36:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47373

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In the last financial year 2013-14 DWP used the services of Capita Resourcing Limited and Capita Business Services to provide temporary workers. The amounts paid in agency fees were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Capita Resourcing Limited £9,517,163<strong> </strong></p><p>Capita Business Services £1,108,082</p><p> </p><p>Both Capita Resourcing Ltd and Capita Business Services provided a managed service to DWP to provide interim personnel and specialist contractors. The figures represent the total fee paid to Capita including the fees paid by Capita to the workers.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47388

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The top 10 consultancy firms by spend in 2013/2014 were:</p><p> </p><p>PriceWaterhouse Coopers £2,964,276</p><p>KPMG £2,573,186</p><p>WS Atkins PLC £2,155,486</p><p>Capgemini PLC £1,520,975</p><p>Ernst &amp; Young £1,195,116</p><p>Deloitte MCS Ltd £836,116</p><p>Methods Consulting Ltd £35,400</p><p>Compass Management Consulting Ltd £31,250</p><p>British Telecom PLC £27,250</p><p>Experian Group Ltd £12,500</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie