Universal Credit: Fraud
(asked on 21st May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will correct the commentary in their recent fraud statistics publication regarding the transition to universal credit from tax credit recipients.
This question was answered on 10th June 2026
The explanation provided for the shift in the overall overpayment rate being partly driven by the growth in the Universal Credit caseload, including the migration of Tax Credit recipients is accurate and has been consistently set out in the Department’s published analysis since 2022. Therefore, there are no plans to change the commentary in the Fraud and Error Official Statistics.