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HandWiki. Benefit Fraud in the United Kingdom. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/33048 (accessed on 03 October 2026).
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Benefit Fraud in the United Kingdom
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Benefit fraud is a form of welfare fraud as found within the system of government benefits paid to individuals by the welfare state in the United Kingdom.

welfare fraud the welfare state

References

  1. Reporting benefit fraud at Directgov http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/BenefitFraud/DG_10014876
  2. What is benefit theft? at DWP http://campaigns.dwp.gov.uk/campaigns/benefit-thieves/whatis.asp
  3. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2018-to-2019-estimates
  4. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701053/Tax_Credits_EFAP_2015-16.pdf
  5. "State of the nation report: poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency in the UK". HM Government. May 2010. p. 34. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/410872/web-poverty-report.pdf. Retrieved 5 January 2013.  Figures quoted as distinct from costs related to error
  6. Dixon, Hayley (13 December 2013). "Majority of benefit cheats not prosecuted, official figures show". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10515091/Majority-of-benefit-cheats-not-prosecuted-official-figures-show.html. Retrieved 24 February 2014. 
  7. "Support for benefit cuts dependent on ignorance, TUC-commissioned poll finds". TUC. http://www.tuc.org.uk/social/tuc-21796-f0.cfm. Retrieved 5 January 2013. 
  8. Fraud and Error Preliminary 2011/12 Estimates. Department for Work and Pensions. 6 June 2012. p. 2. 
  9. Adam Taylor, A taxing problem, Comment is Free, 10 January 2007 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/jan/10/comment.society
  10. "Measuring tax gaps 2014 edition". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150703142859/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364009/4382_Measuring_Tax_Gaps_2014_IW_v4B_accessible_20141014.pdf. 
  11. What happens if you are suspected of benefit fraud at Directgov http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/BenefitFraud/DG_10035820
  12. section 121 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/section/121/enacted
  13. s115A Security Administration Act 1992 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/47/section/15
  14. David Winch, "Benefit fraud" (2009) http://www.accountingevidence.com/documents/articles/Benefit%20fraud1.pdf
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