Social Security Benefits: Criminal Investigation
Commons · Question 32530 · Tabled 21 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 on Social Security Benefits: Criminal Investigation, whether her Department pursues cases where they have no record of (a) financial fraud, (b
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 26 Feb 2025
A criminal investigation into social security fraud may be pursued in any case where there is a credible allegation and where there are sufficient facts, information, or intelligence, that indicate fraudulent activity may be occurring. The individual circ...