Question for any smokers on the dole etc. - somebody got me on child benefits or single mum support or whatever (my mind glazed over as I listened), and I opened a bank account for it to be paid into. My question is, do the benefits people have the right and/ or means to monitor incomings and outgoings? Like, if I saved up 6 months worth of child benefits would they be informed that I'm not actually withdrawing the money? And then if I bought a firearm online, paying for it with that bank account or associated card number, would this be purely my own business or is the UK BB further reaching than I feared?