联合王国允许官员向受益人索取银行详细资料,以打击欺诈行为。 UK to allow officials to request bank details from benefit claimants to fight fraud.

联合王国工作与养恤金部计划允许官员要求包括普遍信贷在内的福利申请人提供银行详细资料,以打击欺诈和错误。 The UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans to allow officials to request bank details from benefit claimants, including those on Universal Credit, to combat fraud and errors. 新的权力还可以扩大到直接从账户中提取资金,如果收款人欠多哈工作方案款项并拒绝偿还。 The new powers could also extend to taking funds directly from accounts if recipients owe money to the DWP and refuse to repay it. DWP部长Andrew West澄清说,目前没有计划利用这些数据进行监视。 DWP Minister Andrew Western clarified that there are no current plans to use the data for surveillance.