Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 43925
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
Tabled: 3 April 2025
Answered: 9 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Helen Whately
Conservative — Faversham and Mid Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times her Department has used (a) section 71 and (b) section 71ZE of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to recover assets from people found to have committed fraud in each of the last
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department has not recovered assets from the debtor, such as through a writ of possession or charging order, under either section 71 or section 71ZE of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 in the last five years. Debts under section 71 are curr...
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