On 5 December 2022, the Cabinet Office published the National Fraud Initiative Report for 2022. The Report is a data matching exercise which matches data within and between 1,300 organisations, including councils, the police, hospitals and almost 100 private companies. The aim of the report is to identify potentially fraudulent claims, errors and overpayments. When there is a match, this may be something that warrants investigation. For example, when data matching shows a person listed as dead and also in receipt of a pension, the relevant body will investigate and if appropriate stop pension payments

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