Sentence examples for official error from inspiring English sources

So fraud is down, official error is up.

It's that Bengal tiger again, its name owing to official error – Richard Parker.

The cost of errors dwarfs that of fraud: in the DWP it's £1.1bn in official error, and £1.1bn in customer error.

Those polled thought that £24 out of every £100 spent on benefits is claimed fraudulently, while authorities put this at £0.70 per £100 (and as we've reported in the past, official error plays a huge role in benefit overpayments).

"This lack of understanding among staff is a key driver of official error.

Overpayments made due to official errors have gone down, dropping to £700m from £800m in 2010/11 and 2011/12.

£1.4bn is estimated to have been underpaid, primarily due to claimant errors, but 30%of underpayments were due to official errors.

Official figures show that by the end of December 2004 the Revenue had received 78,000 complaints about tax credit overpayments, which families said claim are caused by official errors.

JSA overpayments due to official errors have fallen substantially over the last three years, accounting for 38% of JSA overpayments back in 2010/11 to 17% in the last year.

If you combined all the official errors by the DWP and HMRC and then undertook to rectify them – well, it would be irresponsible to talk about national bankruptcy, but we'd be kissing goodbye to our empty aircraft carriers, for a start.

Instead, states have uncovered inconsistencies in their voter rolls and flaws in Election Day recording due to outdated registrar systems and election official errors.