Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered am ar 22 Hydref 2019.
Mike Amesbury
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Employment)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals and (b) third party individuals investigated for universal credit fraud have been (a) referred for prosecution and (b) successfully prosecuted.
Guy Opperman
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Department takes this issue very seriously and we are committed to taking appropriate action to deter this fraud.
There are 28 individual cases being prepared for prosecution and 1 successful individual prosecution.
There has been 1 successful third party prosecution and a 2nd third party case is due in court next month.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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