Investigation into overpayments of Carer’s Allowance
Published on:This investigation examines the recent increase in identified errors in Carer’s Allowance and attempts to recover overpayments.
Search results for 'Fraud and error'
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HM Revenue and Customs Accounts 2023-24
Published on:Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has reported on HMRC’s 2023-24 accounts.
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Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs 2013-14 accounts
Published on:The report covers HMRC’s progress in operating the PAYE service, its implementation of its new Real Time Information service and its performance in tax collection and in reducing error and fraud in personal tax credits.
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Managing debt owed to central government
Published on:Government is owed a large amount of money but has no overall view of its debt reduction objectives nor of the financial risk that the debt poses.
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Department for Work and Pensions 2014-15 accounts
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has qualified his audit opinion on the regularity of the 2014-15 accounts of the DWP, owing to the unacceptably high level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure.
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Tackling tax credits error and fraud
Published on:HMRC has improved its approach to tackling error and fraud in tax credits but still lost £2.3 billion in 2010-11.
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The packaging recycling obligations
Published on:This report identifies lessons from the management and performance of the packaging recycling obligation system.
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Investigation into penalty charge notices in healthcare
Published on:This investigation sets out facts about penalty charge notices and how the NHS supports vulnerable people to navigate the system.
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Energy bills support schemes ‘undoubtedly successful at protecting majority of consumers’
Published on:Energy bills support successfully protected many people and businesses during 2022 and 2023 from rising energy prices.
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HM Revenue & Customs 2022-23 Accounts
Published on:Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the NAO, has reported on the 2022-23 accounts of HMRC.
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Department for Work and Pensions 2013-14 accounts
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion owing to the material level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure.
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Rolling out Universal Credit
Published on:In this report, we assess the value for money of the Department for Work and Pensions’ introduction of Universal Credit.
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Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund Account
Published on:The NAO welcomes the progress being made by the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency in reducing levels of fraud and error in benefit payments.
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Preventing fraud in contracted employment programmes
Published on:Reported fraud in Employment Programmes is low despite past flaws such as in the New Deal. New improvement controls are better, yet risks remain.
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HM Revenue & Customs 2021-22 Accounts
Published on:Gareth Davies, the C&AG of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2021-22 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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Tackling fraud and corruption against government
Published on:Most public bodies do not know how much fraud they face and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter fraud resources, according to the National Audit Office.
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Increasingly complex tax system burdens government and business with billions in admin costs
Published on:An increasingly complex tax system is burdening government and business with billions in admin costs and rising.
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Delivery of employment support schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This report examines government’s implementation of COVID-19 employment support schemes.
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COVID-19 business grant schemes
Published on:This report looks at BEIS’s oversight of the schemes, its understanding of what the schemes achieved, and how well it worked with local authorities.
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Reducing losses in the benefits system caused by customers’ mistakes
Published on:DWP does not yet have enough evidence to demonstrate that its activities to reduce the cost of mistakes by customers have been value for money. Although mistakes are difficult to detect, correct and prevent, the scale of overpayments and underpayments demonstrates a clear need for improvement.