Written questions

Housing Benefit: Birmingham

Commons · Question 101042 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 7 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many supported exempt accommodation housing benefit claims in Birmingham during 2024-25 were referred to the Single Fraud Investigation Service; how many of these claims led to an investigation; how

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 7 Jan 2026

Referrals of suspected fraud received by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) are recorded under generalised categories for data reporting purposes, and it is not possible to specifically isolate the volume of referrals relating to supported exemp...