- Finding published: The auditor qualified DWP’s accounts because of fraud and error
- Finding published: The system makes mistakes in both directions: £4.9bn was underpaid
- Finding published: Money overpaid through fraud and error is about twice DWP's entire staff bill
- Finding published: Universal Credit accounts for over two-thirds of overpayments
- Source added: DWP annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 (Department for Work and Pensions)
- Source added: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2026 (Department for Work and Pensions)
- Source added: Fraud and error in the benefit system, FYE 2026 estimates (Department for Work and Pensions)
- Source added: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up, FYE 2025 (Department for Work and Pensions)
- Source added: How much is being spent on benefits? (Full Fact)
- Source added: Department for Work & Pensions overview 2025-26 (National Audit Office)
- Source added: Tackling benefit overpayments due to fraud and error (summary) (National Audit Office)