Specific group of people claiming State Pension most-likely to have bank account checked under new DWP plans
dailyrecord.co.ukPlanned amendments to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill by the UK Government have sparked recent debate across Parliament on whether or not it is necessary to include monitoring the bank accounts of those in receipt of the State Pension.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said that the new proposals aim to reduce fraud and error in the benefits system.
During the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into benefit levels in the UK on Wednesday, chair of the cross-party group of MPs, Sir Stephen Timms sought clarity on the need to look into bank accounts of everybody claiming the State Pension from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride.
Mr Stride responded that he wasn’t sure that they would look into everyone’s accounts and the aim was to drive down the “small amount of fraud ” within the pensions space.
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