Less than 0.25% benefits wrongly claimed

The Treasury says benefits fraud accounts for less than a quarter of one per cent of payments.

A Tynwald question for written reply from North Douglas MHK David Ashford asked for the amount of fraudulently claimed benefits of the past decade.

The data shows since 2014, between 0.1 and 0.22 per cent was wrongly claimed each year.

Out of £2.9 billion in benefits paid over the last decade, less than £5 million was found to be wrongly claimed in total.