Here are the Governments figures that back up that 3% claim I made earlier:
http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd...12_revised.pdf
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The estimate of total overpayments due to fraud and error across all benefits is £3.2bn;
this is 2.0% of the total benefit expenditure, which was £159.0bn in 2011/12.
However, please note that the net loss to DWP is less than the total overpayments,
since DWP and Local Authorities identify and recover around £780m of overpayments
each year
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2% overall including fraud, error of the part of the claimant and/or the official.
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0.7%, or £1.1bn, of total benefit expenditure is overpaid due to fraud;
0.8%, or £1.3bn, of total benefit expenditure is overpaid due to customer error;
0.5%, or £0.8bn, of total benefit expenditure is overpaid due to official error.
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