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Re providing bank statements
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Why does the DWP ask for bank statements in any event?
It seems to me they have some kind of access to accounts in anyway. So one would think they have the information they require perhaps...
They only have the right to access accounts directly in certain circumstances, and only "authorised officers" have that right. It would be overly burdensome and uneconomical for these staff to have to check every claim, if a claimant provides them they can be checked by a more junior staff member.0 -
I had to provide bank statements last year. I was told not to mark or change the statements at all so I would say that if you do blank anything out, not only will they wonder what you are hiding, but they will simply ask you to submit unaltered statements.
In my experience those with nothing to hide, hide nothing.Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it!0
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