POA - Can the DWP look at those accounts?

Charding

Does the dwp have a right to see the account you are POA to

Catherine21

Yes

SheffieldMan1976

Nope.

Not without written permission from whoever gave you POA.

Rachel_Scope

I've found some information about it from the government website but it's not entirely clear:

Where the bank is aware that there is a Lasting Power of Attorney or legal deputy (a “deputy”) acting on behalf of any relevant account holder, the bank must provide the name and correspondence address of the deputy to DWP following receipt of any information notice, pre-deduction notice or direct deduction order (except where the bank has previously provided this information). 

I believe this refers to a POA for the account holder that is receiving the benefits in question. I can't find any information about accounts that you are POA for, sorry.

Catherine21

Im sure they passed royal Desent for bank checks on 3rd December 2025 if fraud suspected they can check linked accounts ect

SheffieldMan1976

As the saying goes, they can do all the checks they want on my Bank accounts, there's nowt in either of them anyway.

Catherine21

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1114542#Comment_1114542

Exactly ! Bet same cant be said for there accounts