questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department investigate benefit fraud; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of fraud to the public purse in the last 12 months.
answerText: The latest information of the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff who are in paid employment and undertake investigations on benefit fraud is in the table below:  NovDWP Product2023CFC ESOC527.7CFC Fraud Investigations (Including Surveillance)627.0...
heading: Social Security Benefits: Fraud