questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to use the proposed powers under the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to monitor the bank accounts of (a) people suspected of fraud and (b) all people who claim means-tested benefits.
answerText: The powers sought under the Bill would not give DWP direct access to citizen’s bank accounts.What this power will do is require designated third parties to look within their own data and provide relevant information to DWP that may signal where some claim...
heading: Bank Services: Fraud and Social Security Benefits