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  1. Actually the DWP, Debt Management Department.
  2. Thanks for the answers, I'll check out this DSAR.
  3. Hi, I recently received a letter from the DWP stating that I owe them £1400. Make contact and pay & etc. I called them up (Debt Management Department), because I would like more information about the debt and to resolve it. The details escape me, but I think this relates to being caught claiming and working about 4 or 5 years ago, maybe more. It was a brief (few week) overlap, whilst I was attempting to get on my feet (young & homeless) - so brief I'm not sure how it could ever have amounted to 1400. I've been in work ever since, and this letter has just arrived at my mother's address. I've got a baby on the way, so from now on I'll be starting to clear up any debts and working on my credit score.. but what I wanted from them was more information and breakdown of how that debt has been calculated. Instead I failed the security questions with the Debt Management Department, because I wouldn't confirm my place of employment. I didn't do that, because I don't yet know my rights. I'm in receipt of maternity pay and I don't want them bothering my employer or interfering with my lowly maternity pay, as they have threatened a Direct Earnings Attachment (to deduct payments direct from my earnings). But I have no trust in the DWP, rightly so, and I don't trust them with that information until I know my rights. Because of this they would not discuss anything with me, and I don't know what other department to interact with to get more information. So quick questions are: Is "confirm your place of employment" a legitimate security question? Do they already know my place of Employment? (I've not told the DWP) Do they cross reference with HMRC? Or are they trying to get my personal details in an underhanded manner? If I'm wrong, I'll call them back and confirm my place of employment, just to proceed. But could they be wrong? And just trying to trick me into skipping a few processes? Thanks in advance.
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