Submission from Northern Ireland Audit
Office
NIAO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT FRAUD AND ERROR
REPORT—FIGURE 2 (UPDATED FOR 2007-2008)
| | 2003-04
| 2004-05 | 20051
| 20061 | 20071 |
20081 |
| Benefit Expenditure | £3,179m
| £3,320m | £3,406m |
£3,501m | £3,630m | £3,789m
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| Estimated level of | £70.7m
| £75.3m2 | £66.1m2
| £60.1m | £47.5m |
£44.5m2
|
| fraud and error | 2.2% | 2.3%
| 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.3%
| 1.2% |
| Fraud and Error comprises: |
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| Customer Error | £7.4m |
£12.6m | £14.2m | £14.0m
| £11.3m | £13.4m |
| 0.2% | 0.4%
| 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3%
| 0.4% |
| Internal (staff) error | £24.5m
| £33.8m | £23.4m |
£28.0m | £23.9m | £18.4m
|
| 0.8% | 1.0%
| 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.7%
| 0.5% |
| Customer fraud | 38.8m | £28.8m
| £28.6m | £18.1m |
£12.3m | £12.6m |
| 1.2% | 0.9%
| 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3%
| 0.3% |
| Internal (staff) error as percentage of total estimated level of fraud and error
| 35% | 45% | 35%
| 47% | 50% | 41%
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Source: The Agency's Accounts 2006-07 (for 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 figures) and 2008-09 (for 2007-08 figures).
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Note:
1 Prior to 2005, estimates were based on the financial year.
Since 2005, estimates are based on a calendar year.
2 The difference between the figure of total estimated level
of fraud and error and the sum of customer error, internal (staff)
error and customer fraud in 2004-05, 2005-08 is due to the effects
of rounding of figures.
March 2010
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