Child and Working Tax Credits Error and Fraud Statistics

Error and fraud statistics are based on the random enquiry programme - an annual statistical enquiry run by HMRC designed to measure levels of error and fraud in finalised tax credit awards. Further details of HMRC's measures to tackle error and fraud were published on 14 July 2008 in the document Reducing error and fraud in Tax Credits

• Child and Working Tax Credit error and fraud statistics 2003-04
• Child and Working Tax Credits Error and Fraud Statistics 2004-05 (PDF 104K) - reissued 29/10/2007
• Child and Working Tax Credits Error and Fraud Statistics 2005-06 and 2006-07 (PDF 109K)
• Child and Working Tax Credits Error and Fraud Statistics 2007-08 (PDF 78K)