DWP Annual Report & Accounts 2022-23

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 24 May 2023 Closed: 29 Apr 2024 Parliament page
In November 2022 the Committee reported that the Department for Work and Pensions’ “ excuses for unprecedented and unacceptable levels of benefit fraud and error don’t stand up ”. Based on the National Audit Office’s report on DWP’s Annual Accounts for 2022-23 the Committee will question senior officials at the … Read more
11 Recommendations
22 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
25 Mar
2024
Correspondence
8 Mar
2024
Report published
6 Dec
2023
Report published
9 Nov
2023
Correspondence
17 Oct
2023
Correspondence
18 Sep
2023
Oral evidence
18 Sep
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
18 Sep 2023
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DWP Annual Report & Accounts 2022-23
Bozena Hillyer · Department for Work and Pensions Catherine Vaughan · Department for Work and Pensions Neil Couling · Department for Work and Pensions Peter Schofield CB · Department for Work and Pensions Richard Hawthorn · His Majesty Revenue and Customs
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - The Department for Work & Pensions Annual Report… HC 290 6 Dec 2023 33 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
12 Conclusion Acknowledged
Fourth Report - The Department for…
HMRC's tax gap attributed to criminal attacks has significantly decreased over time.
We also asked HMRC if it is also seeing an increase to commit fraud among taxpayers as a whole. HMRC told us it does not forecast a propensity to fraud but that the tax gap, which might be considered an … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and states it has presented detailed evidence to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), who have incorporated this within the overall forecast for fraud and error prevalence in the welfare system.
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Government Response AI assessment · 32 of 11 classified
Accepted 20
Acknowledged 1
Rejected 11
Total 11 recs + 22 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
25 Mar 2024 Correspondence from Dame Meg Hillier, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, to Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work & Pensions, re Treasury Minute response – DWP Annual Report & Accounts 2022-23, dated 20 March 2024
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9 Nov 2023 Correspondence from Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, re DWP Report and Accounts 2022-23 – recommendation 5, dated 24 October 2023
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17 Oct 2023 Correspondence from Richard Hawthorn, Director, Operational Excellence, HM Revenue and Customs, re update on Department for Work and Pensions’ Annual Report and Accounts, dated 28 September 2023
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