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Written question asked by Lord McCabe (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 September 2019. It was answered by Guy Opperman (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 September 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Universal Credit: Fraud

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2019 to Question 278344, on Universal Credit: Fraud, over what period of time the 52 pages were shut down.

Answer

As a result of internal work within the Department and pre-work with social media companies to identify accounts and determine their fraudulent nature, the first Social Media account was closed on the 9th July. We continue to work with social media sites to ensure any pages promoting benefit fraud are closed and have closed down 71 sites to date.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
281564
Session
2017-19
Related items
Universal Credit: Fraud
Monday, 22 July 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Applications Fraud Internet Personation Universal credit
Link
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