Social Security Benefits: Criminal Investigation
Commons · Question 31585 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27894, whether her Department will pursue cases where they have no evidence.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 26 Feb 2025
Where DWP identifies suspected fraud that leads to a criminal investigation, the Department is obliged to pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry, whether these point towards or away from a suspect. This is done in accordance with the Criminal Procedure an...