- Purpose
- To demonstrate that sharing bank account verification together with risking data between HMRC and the DWP will improve the ability to detect and prevent fraud
- Information sharing benefits
- Fraud reduction
Increased data quality
Improved data consistency across government
Enhanced risk and fraud capability
Reduction in input errors
Reducing manual workloads and improving efficiency
Lower cost
- Disclosed information
- The bank account verification service receives name, account number and sort code and responds with yes or no depending on whether the account exists and name matches, or not.
The risking API receives bank sort code and account number and responds with a risk score and reason for the score.
The outcome API allows the outcome of any investigation/decisions by the OGD to be sent back to HMRC to be fed into future risking i.e. case reference ID, outcome status and reasons.
- Information sharing method
- API
- Contact
- foi.team@hmrc.gov.uk
- Start date
- 2025-07-21
- End date
- 2027-07-20
- Review date
- 2026-03-21
- Retention period
- P7Y
- Isa status
- Active
- Id
- 524
- Notes
- New Agreement - Pilot