Oral Question·Department for Education
“What assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a child risk disclosure scheme.”
Tabled: 16 June 2026Answered: 22 June 2026
Asked by
Luke Akehurst
Labour — North Durham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
Andrew Western
I welcome my hon. Friend’s support for the proposed fraud Bill. The level of fraud in the welfare system is absolutely unacceptable; almost £10 billion was lost last year. Increased use of data will be essential to clamping down on both capital fraud and broader fraud. However, we will do that without sharing any information at all with banks and financial institutions.