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1416760

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are working on allegations of benefits fraud where the recipient is believed to be living overseas as of 26 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112464 112465 112466 112467 112469 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:31:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416780

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on tackling benefit fraud in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	112539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>All Department for Work and Pensions staff have a role in tackling benefit fraud, which is why all staff undertake mandatory fraud training each year.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided reflect the direct cost of investigation work plus the cost of investment in fraud detection systems, which, over the last 3 years, amounted to £198m (2018/19), £220m (2019/20) and £162m (2020/21). Note that 2020/21 costs reduced because people were redeployed to front line Operations to help with the COVID claim surge.</p><p> </p><p>Figures do not include indirect costs, such as accommodation or IT.</p><p> </p><p>Looking ahead, the Department has confirmed an additional three year £613 million investment from the October Comprehensive Spending Review settlement and the announcement in December 2021, which will support a targeted review of Universal Credit claims, the development of a new Debt Enforcement Function and further recruitment into the Counter Fraud and Compliance and Debt Directorate so that we can continue to respond quickly and effectively to threats. This includes funding for around 2,000 trained specialists to identify and stop scammers. We expect this to make a significant reduction in the fraud and error challenge we face.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 03/02/2022 18:00:51 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1416803

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people affected by administrative errors made by her Department which led to financial hardship for claimants in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	112579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold Official Error data, or details of subsequent hardships requests for a reduction in the rate of repayment, by geographical area.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112580 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:44:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1416804

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people affected by administrative errors made by her Department which led to the overpayment of benefits in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	112580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold Official Error data, or details of subsequent hardships requests for a reduction in the rate of repayment, by geographical area.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112579 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:44:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1416809

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) letters and emails the Complaints Team has received and (b) allegations of benefits fraud her Department has received in relation to recipients now living in Russia and therefore no longer habitually resident in the UK since August 2020; and how many cases her Department has been alerted to where a person still in receipt of benefits is believed to be living in Russia and subject to legal proceedings in that country.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112465 112466 112467 112468 112469 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:31:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416810

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest investigation by her Department involving a potential benefits fraud case is where the recipient is believed to be living in Russia.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112464 112466 112467 112468 112469 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:31:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416811

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases involving alleged benefits fraud where the recipient is believed to have relocated overseas her Department has continued to make payments to.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112464 112465 112467 112468 112469 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:31:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416812

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for continuing to pay benefits following an allegation to her Department that a person is no longer habitually resident in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112464 112465 112466 112468 112469 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:31:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416813

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits fraud cases her Department is investigating involving a child considered at risk where that child is in Russia as of 26 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 112464 112465 112466 112467 112468 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:31:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416820

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is responsible for making the decision to stop the payment of benefits to people who are living overseas; what criteria are used to determine when the threshold for that step has been reached; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>Certain UK benefits can be paid to individuals residing outside the UK under social security reciprocal agreements. Individuals in receipt of DWP benefits are required to inform the Department for Work and Pensions if their address changes, including if they move to another country, and this is set out in communications to customers. Where individuals have informed the Department of their move abroad, then they are not claiming a benefit fraudulently.</p><p> </p><p>Operational staff have received guidance and training for dealing with cases under these agreements, to ensure that, when individuals inform us of a move to another country, they know how this will impact their benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>In those instances where there is intelligence that a person may not be entitled to a benefit they are receiving, or fails to respond to requests for information to be provided, then the Department can suspend their benefit entitlement pending further investigation. The Department will seek to recover any money claimed fraudulently.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 03/02/2022 16:55:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas