DWP Accessing Joint Bank accounts

coffeebunny

A shower thought...

How will having a joint account affect DWP's ability to look at your bank account if person A gets a non-means tested benefit, but person B does not receive any benefits?
How will they know who spent what? Surely they'd need person B's permission as they'd have no need or right to view their information...

HillStreetBlues

coffeebunny said:

A shower thought...

How will having a joint account affect DWP's ability to look at your bank account if person A gets a non-means tested benefit, but person B does not receive any benefits?
How will they know who spent what? Surely they'd need person B's permission as they'd have no need or right to view their information...

If person B refuses then person A claim could be closed
EDIT they would have to have a good reason, like suspecting fraud.

born_again

If they are non means tested benefit. Then why would DWP want access to bank account?

Means tested I can understand.

HillStreetBlues

born_again said:

If they are non means tested benefit. Then why would DWP want access to bank account?

Means tested I can understand.

It is possible,  the last Government wanted to get the banks to check on non-means tested benefits as well , I haven't read fully the  current lot want to do.

badmemory

For non-means tested benefits they will be looking for things like being out of the country.