Guidance

Fraud and error in the benefit system: publication strategy

How DWP manages the publication of fraud and error in the benefit system estimates.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Details

This document provides details of the fraud and error in the benefit system publications.

Published 3 July 2015
Last updated 6 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. Publication strategy's 'future reporting' section amended to say State Pension measurement will include claims administered through the Get Your State Pension online service in the financial year ending 2024.

  2. The information and future reporting sections have been revised. The latest release of the fraud and error in the benefit system statistics has been published today, 11 May 2023.

  3. Updated the future reporting section of the publication strategy. The latest release of fraud and error in the benefit system statistics has been published today (26 May 2022).

  4. Revised strategy - includes information about the the latest release of the fraud and error in the benefit system statistics (published today, 13 May 2021) and the next release (due for publication in May 2022).

  5. Revised version - includes information about how COVID-19 has resulted in some changes to our regular statistical production and what this means for the estimates for financial year 2020 to 2021 (due for release in May 2021).

  6. Revised to support the latest release of the fraud and error in the benefit system statistics (also published today, 14 May 2020). The revised strategy includes information about the future reporting of these statistics.

  7. Revised publication strategy (now dated May 2019), updated to support the latest release of fraud and error in the benefit system statistics.

  8. Revised publication strategy (now dated December 2018), updated to support the latest release of fraud and error in the benefit system statistics.

  9. Revised publication strategy (May 2018), updated to support the latest release of fraud and error in the benefit system statistics.

  10. Revised publication strategy (now dated November 2017), updated to support the latest release of fraud and error in the benefit system statistics.

  11. Published revised version of 'Fraud and error in the benefit system: publication strategy' (dated April 2017).

  12. First published.