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answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answer › question first answered	2024-04-17T10:38:34.07Z
min answer › question first answered	2019-06-14T13:43:22.957Z

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1700338

registered interest

date

12/04/2024

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to recruit Covert Surveillance Officers to gather evidence to prove or disprove offences relating to benefits claims.

tabling member constituency

South Shields

tabling member printed

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

uin

21055

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

17/04/2024

answer text

DWP is recruiting Covert Surveillance Officers. The Department’s Counter Fraud, Compliance & Debt directorate (CFCD) undertakes directed surveillance as part of the criminal investigation process. All surveillance activity is applied for under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and is conducted in line with the surveillance Code of Practice. It is undertaken only where necessary and proportionate to the alleged offence.

answering member constituency

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

answering member printed

Paul Maynard

question first answered

17/04/2024 10:38:34

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	label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

tabling member

4277

	label	Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck