All ways in which the workforce will approach DWP fraud in “the biggest repression of the generation”

Within a flap, the benefit tricks could be disqualified from the management for periods of up to two years, if they refuse all the opportunities to reimburse the money they owe.

Four ways were revealed in which the Government of the Labor Party could address fraud in the “biggest repression of a generation”. Within a flap, the benefit tricks could be disqualified from the management for periods of up to two years, if they refuse all the opportunities to reimburse the money they owe.

Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) will be able to apply to the court with the justification to suspend the fraudsters from the leadership, provided that the debt is 1,000 pounds or over and the frequent debt reimbursement applications have been ignored.

Joshua Reddaway, Nao Fraud and Property Director Paper I.: “The vast majority of benefits are paid correctly to the right people, but there are billions of pounds that are not,” said the chief of public spending.

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“A lot of money was lost here. But this also makes a massive opportunity for the government and taxpayer to save billions, ”he added. “Trust in the system is absolutely vital.”

Better checks

“It is about learning why excessive payments happen and the implementation of better preventive checks to stop it,” said the chief of public spending. “This could verify the requests against the information that the Government has already holds or to request more information.”

He said, “It is not good enough to say that there is this inclination in the whole society for an increased fraud. You must say, “What does this lead?” They (DWP) have not really answered this question. “

It is also expected that the serious investigators of the DWP organized to be handed over to request the court for search warrants. It means that, for the first time, they will be able to support the police and the search for spaces and take articles such as computers and smartphones as evidence against fraudsters.

The only bill is expected to save the 1.5 billion pound department over the next five years and is part of the wider government plans to save a total of 8.6 billion pounds over 5 years in the one in the one Larger package of welfare and error fraud in recent history.

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DWP already uses some “automatic learning” based on AI, with claims to “develop behavioral models associated with fraud, so you can signal suspicious things,” said Reddaway. He said, “I think DWP has to improve significantly in this regard. I think DWP knows this, which is why he invests a lot in this field. “

He warned: “The first is that you actually stop the legitimate payments. The second is that you end up asking for more information than you need, and certain groups feel targeted for more information in an unfair way. “

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall, said: “We are stopped at the tap of the criminals who deceive the system and steal the money to the taxpayers who respect the law. This means greater consequences for fraudsters who cheat and support the system, including as a last solution in the most serious cases of driving license. safe. “

IT systems

“There is a problem around the old computer systems and the systems around the department that does not speak with each other,” said Reddaway. “The department has not taken sufficient measures to ensure that the computer systems for each type of different information about benefits.”

“If DWP is still struggling in its organization, you can imagine the challenge of making it happen wider (over Whitehall),” he added.

More personally

“I do not think there is any way at this time to bypass the administration of benefits that require a large number of (personal) people,” he said. The DWP will also have the power to recover the money directly from the bank accounts of those who are not benefits or in the employment, which owes to the department and refuses to pay, despite the fact that it has the means to do so. The draft law will allow DWP to ask banking situations to prove that these debtors have sufficient funds to repay correctly what they owe. However, DWP will not have direct access to people’s bank accounts.