Social Security Benefits: Fraud
Commons · Question 28214 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 21 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to detect and prevent benefit claims made using fraudulent identities, fictitious households, or other forms of identity deception; and how many such cases were ident
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 21 Sep 2026
Identity fraud is a serious criminal offence and one that the Department is committed to tackling.DWP uses a range of data and analytics to identify claims at risk of fraud so that these claims can be reviewed by relevant DWP teams.We have specialist team...