Claimants may be asked to show their passports
Universal Credit claimants might be asked to show their passports to ensure legitimacy as benefit bosses toughen up on benefit fraud. The Department for Work and Pensions says that it always adds a message to Universal Credit accounts, so people know requests for passports and proof of identity are genuine.
More than two million Universal Credit claimants are being verified in the next five years, as claims made during the Coronavirus pandemic were relaxed with regards to evidence checks - as people were paid as soon as possible after they'd lost their jobs or had their wages slashed.In July 2022, it was reported that the DWP had re-examined 1.1 million Universal Credit claims, finding that in the region of 125,000 had some form of 'element of incorrectness'.
Investigators may also check social media accounts and search online profiles for pictures, location check-ins, and other evidence.
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