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1487064

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions her Department has continued to pay other benefits to people who have had their Child Maintenance Service payments ended as a result of information gained from the Central Information System as of 6 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	31713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/07/2022 13:16:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1487063

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent benefit payments made to a UK bank account from transfer into a Russian bank account.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	31712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The government have imposed sanctions on Russian banks. This means the Department has suspended the payment of the State Pension – the only benefit affected by this action - due to those claimants where payment was going directly to any Russian bank which has been sanctioned under The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. For claimants who are not sanctioned as individuals under the above Regulations, if they open an alternative account with a non-sanctioned bank then payment will resume.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of payments from a UK account to any other account is by agreement between the claimant and the receiving bank. The department would not be aware and in terms of the individual’s entitlement to the benefit being received, does not need to be aware of any such agreement. If there was an agreement to transfer money to a Russian account, then the banking protocols arising from the above legislation would have applied to regulate the transfer.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 31711 question first answered 14/07/2022 13:36:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1487061

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any benefit payments made by her Department into a UK bank account have been transferred into a Russian bank account in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	31711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The government have imposed sanctions on Russian banks. This means the Department has suspended the payment of the State Pension – the only benefit affected by this action - due to those claimants where payment was going directly to any Russian bank which has been sanctioned under The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. For claimants who are not sanctioned as individuals under the above Regulations, if they open an alternative account with a non-sanctioned bank then payment will resume.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of payments from a UK account to any other account is by agreement between the claimant and the receiving bank. The department would not be aware and in terms of the individual’s entitlement to the benefit being received, does not need to be aware of any such agreement. If there was an agreement to transfer money to a Russian account, then the banking protocols arising from the above legislation would have applied to regulate the transfer.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 31712 question first answered 14/07/2022 13:36:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	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

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

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

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

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

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

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