Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 3314

Social Security Benefits: Data Protection

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to share data for free with local councils on (a) Universal Credit, (b) unemployment benefits, (c) young people who are out of work and (d) benefit fraud.

Answer

Alison McGovern
DWP share personal data with local authorities. That includes three shares of Universal Credit data, with improvements to two of these due in the next 6 months, and an additional Universal Credit data share currently being explored. Similarly, DWP share i...

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