Fraud and error in the welfare system currently costs the British taxpayer almost £10 billion a year.
A reform UK MP has sought clarification from the Department for Work and Pensions on proposed new powers to ‘monitor bank accounts’ of benefit claimants as part of the UK Government’s plan to tackle fraud in the welfare system. In a series of eight written questions to the DWP , James McMurdock, challenged the proposed measures including how investigators accessing information will be monitored, rights of claimants, impact on data protection and what types of data will be collected.
Fraud and error in the social security system currently costs the taxpayer almost £10 billion a year and, since the pandemic, a total of £35 billion of taxpayers’ money has been incorrectly paid to those not entitled. We are determined to reduce those levels. He added: “The legislation will set out key safeguards, including reporting mechanisms and independent oversight. No benefit entitlement decision will be made solely because of the data obtained under EVM and a final decision on benefit entitlement will always involve a human agent.
He added: “DWP will ensure that any data is processed and held in compliance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Compliance with data protection legislation is also overseen by the Information Commissioner’s Office.”New DWP fraud measures The measures in this Bill will remedy that, giving DWP powers to:
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