Service level agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers in respect of Child Winter Heating Assistance

9. Fraud

9.1 The following processes have been agreed by each party for day one:

9.1.1 Key fraud referral processes from DWP to Social Security Scotland, as detailed in Annex D.

9.1.2 Key fraud referral processes from Social Security Scotland to DWP, as detailed in Annex E.

9.1.3 Key fraud data share process [REDACTED], as detailed in Annex F

9.1.4 Referrals in the form of Word documents will be transferred by secure email:

DWP transfer to Social Security Scotland
[REDACTED]

Social Security Scotland transfer to DWP
[REDACTED]

9.2 As soon as each party identifies a potential fraud affecting the other party, all necessary information as detailed in the Annexes shall be sent over as soon as reasonably practicable.

9.3 The agreed method to transfer will be as detailed in the [REDACTED] Data Sharing Agreement as referenced in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement. From the Commencement Date of CWHA, there will be no transfer of referrals that cannot be conducted by secure email.

9.4 Social Security Scotland and DWP will keep the above processes and timeline under review.