| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Fraud |
| Question ID: |
1821215 |
| UIN: |
66118 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
350 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir John Hayes
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir John Hayes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what machine learning models her Department has used to help tackle fraud in the last three years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-18 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
DWP uses Machine Learning as an analytical tool in the prevention and detection of fraud and error. There is currently one fraud and error machine learning model in full deployment and others at various stages of development, testing and implementation, f... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |