Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 44241
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
Tabled: 4 April 2025
Answered: 23 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Helen Whately
Conservative — Faversham and Mid Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department’s investigators can apply to police to have individuals suspected of committing fraud against the Department arrested.
Answer
Andrew WesternWhere appropriate, DWP can apply to the Police to undertake an arrest as part of a criminal investigation into suspected fraud.