The DWP has released updated figures for losses due to benefit fraud and error. The official tale is that £3bn was overpaid through fraud and error in the year to March 2009. Within this total, the government figure for benefit fraud is up - not that you'd know it from the publicity - from some £860m to £1.1bn.
The latest fraud numbers are on our website. We maintain our view that the total for benefit fraud alone will be about £3.5bn. The government estimate for customer and official error is £1.9bn - expect it to be on the low side.
We're probably looking at a total of £6bn plus a year.
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