Claim: There are 10 times more staff dealing with benefits abuse than with tax evasion by the super-rich.
Fact-check: Do benefit fraud investigators outnumber tax inspectors 10:1? - Full Fact
Verdict: there are more people working on benefit fraud, but not 10 times more. 3,765 staff currently work at the dwp investigating benefit fraud and error, compared to 700 at hmrc who focus on the wealthiest individuals. over 26,000 people at hmrc work on all tax enforcement and compliance.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2016-04-14T00:00:00