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1006898

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	date	14/11/2018
	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 steps her Department is taking to tackle benefit fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	191358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to reducing benefit fraud across all benefits administered by or on behalf DWP.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s key focus is on preventing potential benefit fraud before it occurs. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people’s circumstances.</p><p>The Department’s Risk and Intelligence Service uses data and analytics to identify fraud and uses that information to direct investigations. The Department is investing significantly in this area, which will enhance its future risk assessment capability.</p><p>DWP takes effective action against people who commit benefit fraud. This includes the use of tough financial penalties referred to as administrative penalties and where appropriate prosecution. DWP convicted nearly 5,000 people of benefit fraud last year alone, as well as issuing over 5,500 Administrative Penalties.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/11/2018 13:58:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1006899

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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	Crisis Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many crisis loans were awarded in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	191359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>No Crisis Loans were awarded in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Crisis Loans were abolished in England, Scotland and Wales from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2013 and in Northern Ireland from November 27<sup>th</sup> 2016 as part of Welfare Reform.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/11/2018 15:36:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson