The plan sets a target of recovering £250 million from fraud and error during its first four years. Tackling those losses receives support. The question is why a particular recoverable sum can already be specified and what it implies about known problems. The target uses Public Sector Fraud Authority methodology, but the actual amount of fraud or mismanagement is not established here. The criticism concerns the basis of the financial target; it does not establish that £250 million of losses has already been identified.
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A fixed fraud-recovery target needs an explanation of the expected losses
The £250 million recovery target prompts a distinction between supporting fraud prevention and accepting a forecast of recoverable money.