Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"10. What steps the Government are taking to ensure that the benefits system is able to meet the changing needs of claimants. ..."Lee Rowley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"I thank the Minister for his response. An increasing number of people in my constituency are self-employed and setting up their own businesses. Will the Minister outline what universal credit is doing to support people who are setting up their own businesses?..."Lee Rowley - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 19th April 2018
Asked by:
Lee Rowley (Conservative - North East Derbyshire)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to deter fraudulent applications for state benefits.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
DWP is committed to deterring and preventing fraud and error by benefit claimants.
The Department administers welfare benefits and pensions to around 18 million people. The latest published estimates showed that in 2016/17, of the £174 billion paid in benefit and pension expenditure 1.2% (or £2 billion) was overpaid due to fraud.
The creation of a single, integrated fraud investigation service means we now have one point of investigation for all welfare fraud, including Tax Credits and Housing Benefit. DWP prosecutes people who commit benefit fraud and introduced a range of tough powers to help deter fraud and error arising from negligence, including enhanced Loss of Benefit Penalties.
The Universal Credit design pays monthly in arrears and uses Real Time Information to inform payments. This greater sensitivity to income changes is helping reduce incorrect payments. We are increasingly applying this principle to other non Universal Credit claims, which is helping prevent fraud and error entering the system.
A key element of Universal Credit is the Analysis and Intelligence Hub, a data discovery capability using new analytical tools that identifies cases for investigation. We are also increasingly looking at 3rd party data to help improve this facility. A two year contract with a 3rd party credit reference agency commenced February 2017 and is generating additional referrals.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Pneumoconiosis: Support for Former Miners
"My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. I have personal experience of lung disease in the family. Both of my grandfathers were miners, and some of their lung issues did not come to the fore until at least a decade after they left the pit. I want to emphasise …..."Lee Rowley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews
"Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. Universal credit is a vital reform for our country and for those who rely on the system to live. Universal credit enables people to get off that system and find the jobs they need to provide …..."Lee Rowley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews
"I can explain exactly what it means: when we discover a problem, we fix it as we go; we do not throw out the entire system. We are thinking about benefiting people in the long term. Nobody is saying the system is perfect, but the point of fixing forward is …..."Lee Rowley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out
"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this important debate.
As is the case for the hon. Member for Cardiff North (Anna McMorrin), universal credit is coming to my area in Derbyshire shortly. It will be rolled out to about a quarter of my constituency next …..."Lee Rowley - View Speech
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