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Tackling Benefit Fraud
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Author : Great Britain. National Audit Office
language : en
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Release Date : 2003
Tackling Benefit Fraud written by Great Britain. National Audit Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Law categories.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spends about £100 billion per year on welfare benefits, more than a quarter of central government expenditure. It is estimated that some £2 billion pounds are lost each year due to fraudulent claims, mostly for Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance and Housing Benefit. This report by the National Audit Office examines the scale and nature of benefit fraud, as well as the success of the DWP and local authorities to tackle the problem. Overall, the report concludes that fraudsters will continue to operate whilst the gain from cheating outweighs the risk of detection and the likely penalty. The programmes implemented to address the problem have produced some good results, but more needs to be done, such as: dissemination of good practice in order to raise regional performance regarding detection and prevention of fraud and reduce regional variations; and more research to estimate the level of fraud and to evaluate the deterrent effect of the different sanctions available. Currently, DWP policy restricts the use of cautions and penalties to frauds below £1,500. Raising this limit would allow greater flexibility in the use of these options as alternatives to prosecution in borderline cases.
Progress In Tackling Benefit Fraud
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Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2008-01-23
Progress In Tackling Benefit Fraud written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-23 with Social Science categories.
This NAO report is a follow up to one issued in the 2002-03 session (HC 393, ISBN 9780102920635), Tackling Benefit Fraud. The report sets out some key facts, including: that the total benefit expenditure is £120 billion; the total number of recipients is 18 million; the total estimated fraud is £0.8 billion. In the 2006-07 period, £154 million was spent on six strategies to reduce fraud, with a Departmental estimate of £106 million of benefit overpayments identified as a result of fraud investigation and compliance activity. Also in the 2006-07 period, the Department recovered £22 million of the total £339 million outstanding fraud debt. Although the NAO has identified that fraud has fallen from an estimated £2 billion in 2001-02 to an estimated £0.8 billion in 2006-07, official error has risen in the same period from £1 billion to £1.9 billion. Tackling fraud is a key priority for the Department for Work and Pensions, and the report examines the main anti-fraud initiatives, recognising that: tackling benefit is inherently difficult; that the UK has levels of social security fraud and error which are similar to those of comparable countries; that the Department has made good progress in tackling fraud, but will find it increasingly difficult to secure further year on year reductions. The NAO has also set out a number of recommendations, including: that the Department's management information on fraud could be improved, with greater communication between the various departmental directorates responsible for counter-fraud work; that a review of the cost effectiveness of the Customer Compliance approach (which deals with lower risk cases of fraud) should be done; that a record of the outcomes of prosecution activities should be taken by case type to provide better Departmental information; that the Department must review recovery of overpayments in fraud cases and consider setting appropriate targets for recovery from customers who have committed fraud.
Tackling Benefit Fraud
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
language : en
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Release Date : 2003
Tackling Benefit Fraud written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spends about £100 billion per year on welfare benefits (representing more than a quarter of central government expenditure) and it is estimated that £2 billion pounds are lost each year due to fraudulent claims, mostly for Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance and Housing Benefit. Following on from a National Audit Office report (HCP 393, session 2002-03; ISBN 010292063X), the Committee's report examines the progress made in reducing fraud levels, further actions required; and in particular considers the special problems of Housing Benefit fraud. The main conclusions reached include: i) that although the DWP has made some progress, more still needs to be done, for example in establishing performance improvement plans to address regional disparities; ii) the DWP will need to demonstrate that new initiatives launched to reduce housing benefit fraud are effective in reducing long-standing problems in performance deficiencies of some local authorities; and iii) the complexity of the benefits system needs to be reduced in order to made real and sustained progress in tackling benefit fraud.
Progress In Tackling Benefit Fraud
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2008
Progress In Tackling Benefit Fraud written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
Benefit fraud is a crime and undermines public confidence in the benefits system. In 2006-07, the Department for Work and Pensions estimated that it spent some £154 million on tackling fraud, identifying £106 million of overpaid benefit, against total benefit expenditure of £120 billion. The Department estimates that fraud fell from £2 billion in 2001-02 to £800 million in 2006-07, which is 0.6% of benefit expenditure. But the Department must do more to reverse the rise in official and customer error. Estimated error rose from £1 billion in 2001-02 to £1.9 billion in 2006-07. Benefit complexity is believed to be a major cause of error. Increasing the volume of pre-payment checks and encouraging customers to receive benefit payments directly into their bank accounts has prevented some fraud. The Department now works closely with the police, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and local authorities to prevent, identify and act against fraud. But it could make more effective use of its powers and resources. While the Department successfully prosecutes 90 per cent of the cases it takes to court, the Prosecution Division has lost 17 per cent of its staff since 2003. Debt recovery is an essential part of tackling fraud, yet in 2006-07 the Department only recovered £22 million of fraud debt out of a known fraud debt stock of £339 million. The Department has been slow to improve its management information systems, hampering its ability to measure the cost-effectiveness of counter-fraud activities. It has taken from 2003 until February 2008 to roll out a new national management information system, known as FRAIMS, at a cost of £65 million.
Hc 706 Housing Benefit Fraud
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2015
Hc 706 Housing Benefit Fraud written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Political Science categories.
The Department must do more to get to grips with tackling Housing Benefit fraud and error. In 2013-14 overpayments were £1.4 billion and underpayments were £0.4 billion. In 2013-14 overpayments increased to 5.8% of Housing Benefit spending, the highest rate of the Department's benefits, and represented 42% of total overpayments across all benefits. Even after recoveries by local authorities, this is a huge cost to taxpayers. Underpayments also create difficulties for claimants who miss out on payments. The Department has made little progress in reducing fraud and error despite repeated calls by this Committee over the last 16 years for the Department to improve its management of the problem. It has now begun to use HM Revenue & Customs' real time information on earnings which should help it address the largest area of overpayments when the Department eventually rolls out Universal Credit but the timeframe for that remains uncertain. The Department needs to take action now to strengthen incentives for local authorities to tackle claimant error and fraud, develop a clearer understanding of fraud and error at the local level and target major areas of loss.
Reporting Changes In Circumstances
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Author : Annie Irvine
language : en
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Release Date : 2008
Reporting Changes In Circumstances written by Annie Irvine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social security categories.
Reducing Losses In The Benefits System Caused By Customers Mistakes
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Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2011-01-21
Reducing Losses In The Benefits System Caused By Customers Mistakes written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-21 with Social Science categories.
The Department for Work and Pensions does not yet have enough evidence to demonstrate that its activities to reduce the cost of mistakes by customers have been value for money. Mistakes made by claimants in the information they provide to the Department, termed customer error, are difficult to detect, correct and prevent. The scale of overpayments and underpayments demonstrate a clear imperative for improvement. Mistakes made by customers are difficult for the Department to tackle because they often arise from a change in customers' circumstances, which customers may not realise they have to tell the Department about. Overpayments due to customer error, which are estimated at £1.1 billion in 2009-10, represent a substantial loss to the taxpayer. And underpayments, which were approximately £800 million in 2009-10, can cause hardship for the families affected. The establishment by the Department of the Fraud and Error Council shows a commitment to tackling fraud and error, but there is little evidence that sufficient attention has been paid to reducing losses due to customer mistakes. The Department launched a five year strategy for tackling error in January 2007 but there has been no discernible decrease between 2006-07 and 2009-10 in underpayments and overpayments due to customer error as a percentage of total benefits expenditure. The Department and its agencies do not yet have enough information to target initiatives effectively. Nor is there enough consistently measured data on the costs and benefits of interventions.
Rich Law Poor Law
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Author : Dee Cook
language : en
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Release Date : 1989
Rich Law Poor Law written by Dee Cook and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Law categories.
Fraud And Lodging
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language : en
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Release Date : 1997
Fraud And Lodging written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fraud categories.
Dealing With The Complexity Of The Benefits System
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Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2005-11-18
Dealing With The Complexity Of The Benefits System written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-18 with Political Science categories.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its agencies, are responsible for administering around 40 social security benefits to the value of around £100 billion a year. Many of these benefits are linked together; hence some customers are in receipt of more than one benefit. The need for equity and fairness in interpreting legislation, is a cause of complexity. Incentives (e.g. to work) and rewards (e.g. for an individual's savings) have been built into procedures. Problems are caused by the interface between DWP benefits and tax credits (which are administered by HM Revenue and Customs); and by the constant flow of major and minor legislative and administrative changes. Simplified procedures would enable both staff and customers to understand the system better, and to avoid duplication of effort. There would also be less scope for benefits fraud (estimated at £2.6 billion in 2004-05). This NAO report also highlights the need for improved communication with customers and better use of new technology.