| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Information Sharing |
| Question ID: |
1805234 |
| UIN: |
54056 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5047 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James Naish
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
James Naish
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people to verify their (a) income and (b) identity online through secure access to their benefit data. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
All claimants must answer security questions to confirm they are who they say they are, to protect their information and prevent fraud. When a claimant creates a UC account, they must complete security questions. When a claimant signs into their account, ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |