The Cost of Benefit Fraud
Every case of Benefit Fraud costs you and your family:
> Would you like to pay less Council Tax?
> Are you annoyed that benefit cheats are wasting your money?
> Should the fraudsters get away with it?
Click on the button below that you think is the estimated loss to housing benefit fraud:
Close but not correct. Estimates show that around £600m of Housing Benefit has been lost to fraud and error.
Every year Councils and their partner organisations
are doing more and more to
reduce the amount lost.
Very close. Current estimate is £600 Million.
Every year Councils and their partner organisations
are doing more and more to
reduce the amount lost.
Well Done. Estimates show that around £600m of Housing Benefit has
been lost to fraud and error.
Every year Councils and their partner organisations
are doing more and more to
reduce the amount lost.
And that is just Housing Benefit - The total loss to Welfare Benefit Fraud (including other welfare benefits like income support) is estimated to be around £1 Billion pounds, or:
> 12,500 Doctors.
> 28,000 Teachers.
> 25,000 Police Officers.
