Fourth Report - The Department for Work & Pensions Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 290 6 December 2023
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 33 items (11 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 32 of 33 classified)
Accepted 20
Acknowledged 1
Rejected 11
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fourth report from Session 2023-24 · published 8 Mar 2024
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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12 Conclusion Acknowledged
HMRC's tax gap attributed to criminal attacks has significantly decreased over time.
Conclusion
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 Summary
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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