Policy paper

Penalties policy for social security fraud and error

DWP's policy on benefit fraud and the penalties we will impose.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 27 January 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Penalties policy: in respect of social security fraud and error

PDF, 60.2 KB, 10 pages

Details

This document sets out the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP’s) policy for:

• the action we will take when we suspect benefit fraud
• penalties we will impose when an overpayment occurs because of a claimant’s error

Published 27 January 2015