Deliberately withholding information that affects your claim is stealing. That’s why we are targeting benefit thieves!
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) takes benefit theft very seriously. Although the vast majority of people who claim benefits are honest, those who steal benefits are picking the pockets of law-abiding taxpayers. In 2007-08 benefit thieves stole an estimated £800 million from public funds, that's why we are determined to catch them.
We’re closing in…
- With over 600 calls a day to our hotline
- With over 3,000 fraud investigators
- With over 200 benefit thieves reported online every day
- By carrying out over 2,000 investigations every week
- By cross-checking the bank accounts of benefit thieves
- With hidden cameras and mobile surveillance
- With every means at our disposal