Social Security Benefits: Fraud
(asked on 19th December 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of alleged benefit fraud were reported to her Department in each of the last 10 years.
The Counter Fraud and Compliance Directorate (CFCD), part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), is responsible for the prevention, detection and, where appropriate, investigation of fraud and error relating to all benefits administered by and on behalf of DWP.
All reported allegations of benefit fraud are recorded and appropriate action taken.
The table below shows the number of benefit fraud allegation referrals received each year since 2008. It should be noted that within these totals there could be multiple referrals relating to the same allegation against an individual.
Year | Total Referrals From All Sources |
2008-09 | 891,000 |
2009-10 | 937,000 |
2010-11 | 938,000 |
2011-12 | 954,000 |
2012-13 | 850,000 |
2013-14 | 915,000 |
2014-15 | 740,000 |
2015-16 | 766,000 |
2016-17 | 765,000 |
2017-18 | 839,000 |
2018-19(YTD to 19.12.18) | 519,000 |