United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101042
Housing Benefit: Birmingham
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17 December 2025
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7 January 2026 · Answer
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Housing
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7 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many supported exempt accommodation housing benefit claims in Birmingham during 2024-25 were referred to the Single Fraud Investigation Service; how many of these claims led to an investigation; how
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17 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many supported exempt accommodation housing benefit claims in Birmingham during 2024-25 were referred to the Single Fraud Investigation Service; how many of these claims led to an investigation; how
Source: Commons
7 January 2026
Answer
Referrals of suspected fraud received by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) are recorded under generalised categories for data reporting purposes, and it is not possible to specifically isolate the volume of referrals relating to supported exemp...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-17/101042
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865468
- uk · wq-1865468 · source updated 7 January 2026