Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department investigate benefit fraud; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of fraud to the public purse in the last 12 months.
The latest information of the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff who are in paid employment and undertake investigations on benefit fraud is in the table below:
| Nov |
DWP Product | 2023 |
CFC ESOC | 527.7 |
CFC Fraud Investigations (Including Surveillance) | 627.05 |
Totals | 1154.8 |
Please note the following caveats
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Information on the cost of fraud to the public purse has been set out in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23. DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) |
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