Benefits Fraud Crackdown On A Range Of Benefits As Bank Accounts To Be Scrutinised

29th December 2023

A state pension fraud update has been issued as the Department for Work and Pensions explains when it will check bank accounts.

The DWP will check bank accounts amid a crackdown and clampdown on fraudulent claims from benefit claimants.

£8.3 billion in benefits was overpaid in 2022-2023 because of fraud and error, a drop on the £8.7 billion the previous year which was the highest ever recorded level of overpayment.