Question follow-through · 88440

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that vulnerable pensioners in the North East are protected from online benefit scams.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
12 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that vulnerable pensioners in the North East are protected from online benefit scams.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    DWP is taking a number of steps to protect our vulnerable customers from online benefit scams. This includes raising public awareness of benefit scam messages on the Gov.uk website. Our most recent press release relating to Winter Fuel Payment warned our ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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