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60438

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date	06/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the risk of fraud in (a) the pathfinders for universal credit and (b) the roll out of the universal credit system.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	199461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP has taken a number of steps to design out Fraud and Error in the Universal Credit system.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the introduction of Universal Credit (UC), DWP assessed the risk of fraud and error and concluded the risk would be mitigated by restricting the initial claims in Pathfinder areas to those with the lowest risk of fraud, and to exclude more complex claims where fraud or error was more likely. DWP also implemented an automated data-matching capability to defend the UC system against the top causes of fraud or error. This Counter Fraud Capability introduced an automated pre-payment check for the first time to prevent fraud. It checked the very first UC claim and has checked every claim made since. This process also conducts a weekly scrutiny of all the data DWP holds against all UC claims to detect any fraud that may have subsequently started so we can take action immediately.</p><p>To provide a secure roll out of UC nationally, DWP's specialists in security and counter-fraud work are working with the UC Programme to ensure that the essential security and counter-fraud controls are in place before the digital 'end state' service can go live. By drawing on security and counter-fraud knowledge from across Government and external security expertise, we are ensuring that the core digital service is 'secure by design' from the outset, and that the service is also supported by the right online security and counter fraud capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 16:48:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 835 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

60439

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to include an automated system for cross-checking data within the universal credit system.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	199462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p>DWP is already using data matching to automatically cross-reference UC claims to prevent fraud and error.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/06/2014 16:29:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

60440

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the change category of spending in his Department's quarterly summary of spending data.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	199464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>In line with other departments, the most recent published version of the Quarterly Data Summary (QDS) is that of Q3 2013/14. This is visible on Cabinet Office's Government interogating Spending Tool.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 17:00:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

60441

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues about the risk of fraud in the universal credit system.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	199465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As part of the secure, controlled roll out of Universal Credit, the Secretary of State has discussed the risk of fraud within Universal Credit extensively with his Ministerial colleagues and continues to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/06/2014 16:24:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves