Welfare Tax Credits

(asked on 10th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of tax credits which were claimed fraudulently in each of the last five years.


Answered by
David Gauke Portrait
David Gauke
This question was answered on 20th November 2014

The table below shows the central estimate of the levels of error and fraud in the tax credit system for each of the last five tax years.

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Central estimate of Error and Fraud as a percentage of finalised tax credits entitlement

8.9%

7.8%

8.1%

7.3%

7.0%

Central estimate of the total net Error & Fraud value (billion)

£2,110

£2,060

£2,270

£2,090

£2,010

The latest published statistics relating to tax credit error and fraud can be found in the attached link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/316032/Random_Enquiry_2012-13_final.pdf

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