Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025

Key Points

• Strengthens prevention of fraud and detection of errors in public authorities.
• Creates clearer rules for recovering money lost due to fraud or error.
• Sets out governance, reporting and accountability expectations for public bodies.
• Completed its parliamentary passage and received Royal Assent to become law.

Progress

The bill has finished its journey through Parliament and became law when it received Royal Assent.

Voting

In the Commons, the Second Reading passed 343 Aye to 87 No, and a later Lords Amendment vote passed 268 Aye to 80 No. Labour (Co-op) backed the bill strongly, while several opposition parties opposed, including Liberal Democrats, Greens, SNP and Plaid Cymru; some MPs from other groups voted mix or abstained.