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1416821

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC plans to spend for the purposes of recovering public money lost to fraud and economic crime through covid-19 support schemes.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	112518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government’s number one priority has been to protect jobs and livelihoods whilst also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The overwhelming majority of people that claimed Covid-19 support did so legitimately. HMRC is also aware that mistakes can happen, which is why HMRC is supporting people who made a mistake to correct it. Those who keep money claimed from any of the Covid-19 support schemes despite knowing they were not entitled to it face having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution in the most serious of cases.</p><p> </p><p>As published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, over 1,300 Full Time Equivalent staff were deployed onto the COVID schemes during 2020-21. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has since invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of over 1,200 Full Time Equivalent of HMRC staff to combat fraud and error within the HMRC Covid-19 schemes, one of the largest and quickest responses to a fraud risk by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The taskforce is funded for two years up to the year 2022-23 and will enable HMRC to increase their one-to-one checks to 30,000. The Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million to £1 billion in overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>Up to November 2021, HMRC issued over 74,000 letters asking claimants to check their claims and self-correct if they had got it wrong, and opened over 26,000 one-to-one checks where there was a risk that the grant had been overclaimed. HMRC’s 2020-21 compliance results for the Covid-19 schemes amounted to over £830 million, achieved by preventing losses by pre-payment activity and recovering overclaimed grants.</p><p> </p><p>Taskforce performance for the year 2021-22 will be published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 112519 112520 question first answered 02/02/2022 18:24:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416822

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many ongoing investigations are underway at HMRC to recover public money lost to fraud and economic crime through the emergency covid-19 schemes as of 26 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	112519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government’s number one priority has been to protect jobs and livelihoods whilst also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The overwhelming majority of people that claimed Covid-19 support did so legitimately. HMRC is also aware that mistakes can happen, which is why HMRC is supporting people who made a mistake to correct it. Those who keep money claimed from any of the Covid-19 support schemes despite knowing they were not entitled to it face having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution in the most serious of cases.</p><p> </p><p>As published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, over 1,300 Full Time Equivalent staff were deployed onto the COVID schemes during 2020-21. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has since invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of over 1,200 Full Time Equivalent of HMRC staff to combat fraud and error within the HMRC Covid-19 schemes, one of the largest and quickest responses to a fraud risk by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The taskforce is funded for two years up to the year 2022-23 and will enable HMRC to increase their one-to-one checks to 30,000. The Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million to £1 billion in overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>Up to November 2021, HMRC issued over 74,000 letters asking claimants to check their claims and self-correct if they had got it wrong, and opened over 26,000 one-to-one checks where there was a risk that the grant had been overclaimed. HMRC’s 2020-21 compliance results for the Covid-19 schemes amounted to over £830 million, achieved by preventing losses by pre-payment activity and recovering overclaimed grants.</p><p> </p><p>Taskforce performance for the year 2021-22 will be published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 112518 112520 question first answered 02/02/2022 18:24:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416823

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff at HMRC are working full-time on the recovery of public money lost to fraud and economic crime through the emergency covid-19 schemes as of 26 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	112520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government’s number one priority has been to protect jobs and livelihoods whilst also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The overwhelming majority of people that claimed Covid-19 support did so legitimately. HMRC is also aware that mistakes can happen, which is why HMRC is supporting people who made a mistake to correct it. Those who keep money claimed from any of the Covid-19 support schemes despite knowing they were not entitled to it face having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution in the most serious of cases.</p><p> </p><p>As published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, over 1,300 Full Time Equivalent staff were deployed onto the COVID schemes during 2020-21. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has since invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of over 1,200 Full Time Equivalent of HMRC staff to combat fraud and error within the HMRC Covid-19 schemes, one of the largest and quickest responses to a fraud risk by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The taskforce is funded for two years up to the year 2022-23 and will enable HMRC to increase their one-to-one checks to 30,000. The Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million to £1 billion in overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>Up to November 2021, HMRC issued over 74,000 letters asking claimants to check their claims and self-correct if they had got it wrong, and opened over 26,000 one-to-one checks where there was a risk that the grant had been overclaimed. HMRC’s 2020-21 compliance results for the Covid-19 schemes amounted to over £830 million, achieved by preventing losses by pre-payment activity and recovering overclaimed grants.</p><p> </p><p>Taskforce performance for the year 2021-22 will be published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 112518 112519 question first answered 02/02/2022 18:24:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416874

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many ongoing investigations are underway at the Serious Fraud Office to recover public money lost to fraud and economic crime from the emergency covid-19 support schemes.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	112521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Although no investigations have been formally announced, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating a number of suspected fraudulent applications for COVID loans.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the investigative process, it is not always possible, or even desirable, for investigative bodies such as the SFO to announce investigations prematurely, or provide any details of the matters under investigation. The SFO proactively publishes information about its cases on its website whenever it is appropriate</p><p> </p><p>SFO investigations follow the evidence, and their focus or scope may change as an investigation advances. The number of staff working on a specific case will fluctuate throughout an investigation’s lifecycle and will depend on factors such as the complexity of the allegations being investigated, and intelligence gathered or provided.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 112522 question first answered 02/02/2022 10:21:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416877

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many members of staff at the Serious Fraud Office are working full time on the recovery of public money lost to fraud and economic crime from emergency covid-19 support schemes.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	112522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Although no investigations have been formally announced, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating a number of suspected fraudulent applications for COVID loans.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the investigative process, it is not always possible, or even desirable, for investigative bodies such as the SFO to announce investigations prematurely, or provide any details of the matters under investigation. The SFO proactively publishes information about its cases on its website whenever it is appropriate</p><p> </p><p>SFO investigations follow the evidence, and their focus or scope may change as an investigation advances. The number of staff working on a specific case will fluctuate throughout an investigation’s lifecycle and will depend on factors such as the complexity of the allegations being investigated, and intelligence gathered or provided.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 112521 question first answered 02/02/2022 10:21:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416356

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department’s budget has been for tackling fraud, scams and economic crime in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	111532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury takes a flexible and dynamic approach to resourcing to meet Government priorities. We have teams delivering priority work including economic crime reform. However, we do not routinely record the number of full time equivalent civil servants who work on individual policy initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the responsibility for tackling fraud and economic crime is led by the Departments tasked with delivering Government policy. Investigations and enforcement activities are also undertaken by regulatory or enforcement agencies, including the Financial Conduct Authority and National Crime Agency respectively. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, ensures financial sanctions are properly understood and enforced and investigates all reported suspected breaches.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 111536 question first answered 01/02/2022 17:47:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416358

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations into fraud, scams and economic crime his Department has conducted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	111534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury is a policy-making department and does not undertake investigations, except for the work of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).</p><p> </p><p>As the competent authority for the implementation of financial sanctions in the UK, OFSI supports efforts to tackle economic crime by ensuring that financial sanctions are properly understood and enforced.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI investigates all reported suspected breaches of financial sanctions. Its Annual Review publications are available on GOV.UK and provide further information about OFSI’s work.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/02/2022 17:49:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416360

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations into fraud, scams and economic crime have resulted in money being returned to the public purse in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	111535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Data on detected and prevented fraud and error, and trends in recoveries in the public sector are published annually by the Cabinet Office Government Counter Fraud Function (GCFF). The Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Bulletin is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes of investigations into fraud, scams and economic crime are not centrally collated. Investigations are conducted by the appropriate Department with responsibility for policy delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations and enforcement activities are also undertaken by regulatory or enforcement agencies, such as the Financial Conduct Authority and National Crime Agency.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/02/2022 17:48:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416361

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many FTE staff in his Department have worked on tackling fraud and economic crime in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	111536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury takes a flexible and dynamic approach to resourcing to meet Government priorities. We have teams delivering priority work including economic crime reform. However, we do not routinely record the number of full time equivalent civil servants who work on individual policy initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the responsibility for tackling fraud and economic crime is led by the Departments tasked with delivering Government policy. Investigations and enforcement activities are also undertaken by regulatory or enforcement agencies, including the Financial Conduct Authority and National Crime Agency respectively. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, ensures financial sanctions are properly understood and enforced and investigates all reported suspected breaches.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 111532 question first answered 01/02/2022 17:47:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1402390

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of over how many years the £17 billion cost to the public purse will be realised as a result of the remedy contained in the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	102580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The remedy proposed in the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill is designed to address the discrimination identified by the McCloud and Sargeant judgments. For the main unfunded public service pension schemes, in effect, remedy offers members in scope a choice between legacy or reformed scheme benefits for the remedy period, which runs from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022. Members in scope of remedy are those with service on or before 31 March 2012 and on or after 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of remedy is the cost of additional pension benefits accrued due to remedy. Those benefits will typically be paid out across the retirement of eligible members. The estimated £17 billion cost of remedy will, therefore, be paid out over many decades as the pensions of those in scope come into payment.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 17/01/2022 14:43:33 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden