Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16617

Social Security Benefits: Bank Services

Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what types of data would be collected from benefit claimants’ bank accounts under the proposed policy.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Eligibility Verification Measure (EVM) in the proposed Fraud, Error and Debt Bill will require banks and financial institutions to look within their own data to highlight where someone may not be eligible for the benefits they are receiving. Banks wil...
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