The impact of fraud and error on public funds 2023-24
Published on:We estimate that fraud & error cost the taxpayer £55-81 billion in 2023-24. This report introduces impact of fraud & error on public funds.
We estimate that fraud & error cost the taxpayer £55-81 billion in 2023-24. This report introduces impact of fraud & error on public funds.
NS&I is undertaking a Business Transformation Programme, formerly known as the Rainbow Programme. The aim is to transform how NS&I operates.
This report examines how well placed government is to seize the opportunity offered by data analytics technologies to tackle fraud and error.
Government has improved its administration of grants, but it has further to go to optimise the value for money of its schemes.
There is no central coordinated approach when government sets up new compensation schemes resulting in a relatively slow, ad-hoc approach.
Fraud and error in benefit expenditure is one of DWP’s most significant risks, with overpayments totalling £9.7 billion in 2023-24.
Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
This report examines the extent to which HMRC is well-placed to manage its compliance work following the pandemic, including future risks and challenges.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the NAO, has reported on the 2022-23 accounts of HMRC.
The Digital Services Tax has raised more revenue than forecast by the Government and increased the amount of UK tax paid by big digital companies. HMRC’s compliance work is ongoing and it has yet to identify any non-compliance among business groups, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
Energy bills support successfully protected many people and businesses during 2022 and 2023 from rising energy prices.
We set out seven high level lessons with recommendations on what the government can do now so that it will better prevent fraud and maintain standards during an emergency.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Welsh income tax.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Scottish income tax.
Governance and oversight of franchised higher education provision needs to be strengthened following instances of fraud and abuse in the sector.
This report looks at tax-free savings accounts for 6.3 million children born between 2002 and 2011, into which the government paid £2bn.
This investigation sets out how HMRC introduced the 2017 IR35 reforms, and what lessons it has learned and taken forward.
This report considers how well HMRC has managed tax debt through the pandemic.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Scottish income tax.
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, has reported on the DWP’s 2022-23 accounts and has qualified his audit opinion.