DWP 'consulting' as they wish to start making extra checks on benefits for disabled children, disabled pensioners and carers, despite overwhelming evidence that the level of fraud in these groups is negligible.
The highest amount of fraud is committed by Housing Benefit landlords & claimants (38.4%).
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/07/...enefit-cheats/
PIP and DLA claimant ovetpayments amount to 6.8%, the Government chooses not to collate how much PIP and DLA isn't claimed, but generally speaking the amount of benefit underpaid is about four times the amount of benefits overpaid.
Overall, claimant fraud amounts to 1.2% of the total benefits bill, unchanged since 2016.