Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury

Increase efforts to reclaim covid-19 payments lost to fraud

Closed 399 signatures

What the petition asks

It has been widely reported that the Government expects not to reclaim £4.3 billion of Covid payments that were claimed fraudulently. We believe the Government should make every effort to recoup this money and ensure anyone who committed fraud is brought to justice.
This is taxpayer's money, and writing off these funds would be unacceptable.

Timeline

31 Jan 2022 Petition opened for signatures
31 Jul 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 399
Status Closed
Department HM Treasury
Opened 31 Jan 2022
Closed 31 Jul 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.