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date	14/03/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which overseas banks located in which countries his Department is working on overseas state pension fraud and error.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	67889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department combats overseas state pension fraud and error by means of data matching and life certificates.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continues to explore how to extend and improve existing data matching arrangements. However, at present, the Department does not have any formal arrangements with overseas banks regarding notifications of death.</p><p> </p><p>On occasions, DWP will receive notification from an overseas bank informing the Department that a payment has been rejected because of the death of a payee.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/03/2017 12:52:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

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registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2016 to Question 50587, on state retirement pensions, by what means overseas claimants are audited.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	58970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) operates a proof of life programme (referred to as a Life Certificate) where State Pension customers residing permanently outside the United Kingdom are required to provide independent evidence, in the form of a witness statement, confirming that they are alive. The Life Certificate also provides verification of a customer’s address and contact telephone number and forms an integral part of DWP’s strategy to reduce fraud and error by ensuring that State Pension is paid to the right person at the right time. In addition to the Life Certificate, DWP has agreements in place with some countries to exchange data when a customer is deceased.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/01/2017 14:24:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main