Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the amount of benefit overpayments due to fraud and error has been in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) official and (b) claimant error.

Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain, including over each of the last 5 financial years, have been published and can be found at:

Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)?

The national statistics of fraud and error in the welfare system in Great Britain in the financial year 2021 to 2022 will be released on 26^th May 2022.