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min answer › date of answer	2019-05-14
tabling member › label	Biography information for Ruth George
title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017%2F19 291056
max answer › question first answered	2019-10-17T16:36:08.137Z

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25/09/2019

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Universal Credit: Fraud

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many third parties who have allegedly scammed people into making a universal credit claim have been identified and investigated; and how many of those third parties have been referred for prosecution.

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High Peak

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Ruth George

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291056

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is ministerial correction

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02/10/2019

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Examination of the cases currently being progressed by the Department indicates there are 107 third-party individuals that are subject to investigation. This number is subject to change as cases progress. At the time of submission, one 3rd party case has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and has been successfully prosecuted. There are a number of other cases at an advanced stage of investigation.

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Hexham

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Guy Opperman

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02/10/2019 15:21:38

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4142

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136340

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Hexham

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Guy Opperman

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label	Biography information for Ruth George