{"value":{"id":1606179,"memberId":4613,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State","uin":"HCWS661","dateMade":"2023-03-22T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","title":"Launch of the Consultation on the Effectiveness of the Digital Economy Act 2017 Debt and Fraud Powers","text":"<p>The Minister of State, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, has today made the following statement:</p><p> </p><p>Minister Burghart and I are pleased to announce the launch of a consultation on the effectiveness of the Digital Economy Act 2017 Debt and Fraud Powers.</p><p>The Debt and Fraud Powers, as contained in Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 respectively, allow specified public authorities to disclose information for the purpose of managing and reducing debt owed to a public authority or to the Crown and combating fraud against the Public Sector.</p><p>These Powers must be reviewed, three years after their operation, for the purpose of deciding whether they should be retained, amended or repealed. As part of this Review, I am required to consult certain persons and publish a report on the Review’s outcomes.</p><p>As part of this consultation, I shall engage with:</p><ul><li><p>the Information Commissioner,</p></li><li><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></li><li><p>the Welsh Ministers,</p></li><li><p>the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland,</p></li><li><p>members of the Home Affairs Committee,</p></li><li><p>bodies which have used the Debt and Fraud Powers of the Digital Economy Act 2017 and</p></li><li><p>members of the Digital Economy Act Debt and Fraud Information Sharing Review Board.</p></li></ul><p>The Consultation is now open and will last for a period of six weeks ending on 27th April 2023.</p><p> </p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":2,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1606178,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2023-03-22T00:00:00"},{"linkedStatementId":1608077,"linkType":"CorrectedStatement","linkDate":"2023-03-22T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1606179","method":"GET"}]}