Universal Credit
(asked on 12th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims have been suspended by her Department's Risk Review Team since January 2022.
This question was answered on 20th May 2022
DWP does not suspend benefit payment lightly and our Risk Review Team only do so in cases where intelligence indicates a high risk of fraud.
I can confirm that 1532 Universal Credit claims have being suspended as a result of Risk Review Team activity since January 2022.