Public Sector Fraud Authority

Baroness Finn Excerpts
Monday 14th September 2026

(1 month, 1 week ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Finn Portrait Baroness Finn (Con)
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My Lords, can the Minister confirm whether any investigation, information notice, recovery action or other statutory power has been exercised by DWP Ministers or officials since responsibility for the PSFA was transferred, and whether the Government have taken legal advice on the susceptibility of any such decision to judicial review, if the statutory transfer of functions has not yet taken effect?

Baroness Twycross Portrait Baroness Twycross (Lab)
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It is in the process of being transferred. My understanding is that this is not holding up enforcement, but I will need to write with a detailed answer to the noble Baroness’s question.