The Department for Work and Pensions could begin to contact airlines to uncover claimants' travel plans under harsher measures designed to tackle benefit fraud.
The DWP states in its Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System report that its information-gathering powers were put in place decades ago and need renewing because they are no longer flexible enough to take on the types of fraud seen in this day and age. It said: “Some of the key legislation DWP relies on is now over 20 years old.
The research took into account 2,172 people between June 15 and June 21 this year. 618 of those were on benefits. The DWP says it wants to expand its powers because current rules mean it can only ask for information from third parties, including banks on an individual basis, where it already has a suspicion of fraud such as undeclared savings or signs that a person is living overseas.
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