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.
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: