Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments were fraudulently charged to her Department’s budget using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, and (c) 2021-22; and what was the total value of fraudulent payments (i) made and (ii) recovered in each of those years.
There were no fraudulent payments charged during (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, and (c) 2021-22. Pre- and post- payment checks, along with additional compliance checks by budget holders are done on a monthly basis and have not identified any fraudulent payments.