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Research: Fraud |
| Question ID: |
1804079 |
| UIN: |
HL7599 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4270 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Nash
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Lord Nash
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the estimated financial loss due to fraud and error across UK Research and Innovation’s grant portfolio in each year since 2018; and what percentage of that was successfully recovered. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5363 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answer text: |
UKRI records confirmed cases of fraud and error; however, it has not historically produced estimates of fraud and error losses. The National Audit Office published good practice guidance in February 2025 on estimating and reporting fraud and error, and UK... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |