A report published by the Public Accounts Committee said it is “very concerned” the Department for Work and Pensions reported yet another historic underpayment of State Pension last year, which it estimates may have left some 210,000 pensioners - mostly women - out of pocket by a total of £1.3 billion”, going back decades.
“We expect DWP to respond to our report in a timely fashion but, frankly, paying pension accurately is a basic that we expect from DWP and not recommendations that our committee ought to be having to make.” The majority of fraud and error continues to be driven by Universal Credit, the report said, which was “overpaid by a staggering 12.8 per cent in 2022-23”. DWP estimates 18 per cent of Universal Credit claims, relating to more than 800,000 people, already contain an element of fraud, the PAC said.
“The success of this project is dependent on DWP’s ambitious plans to scale up recruitment and productivity of the team reviewing the claims.”
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