Blaby District Council

Summary

Blaby District Council is committed to protecting public funds and ensuring that benefits are delivered only to those who have a true entitlement to them.

Typical examples of benefit fraud are:

• People who do not promptly notify the benefits team of changes in their circumstances
• People who work but do not declare this when they claim benefit
• People who claim as a single person but actually live with a partner
• People who claim from an address but do not live there
• People who do not declare the full amount of their income, savings or capital when they claim benefit
• People who pretend to pay rent

How to report benefit fraud

1. Please complete the online reporting form if you suspect someone is committing fraud.
2. Alternatively you can ring the Benefit Fraud Hotline on the number below (24 hour answer phone service). All calls are treated in absolute confidence.

Downloads

Successful Prosecutions

• Pensioner hid injury payout (PDF, 13KB)
• Benefit cheat to work for community and pay back cash (PDF, 10KB)
• Father and son guilty of fraud (PDF, 10KB)
• Benefit cheat given suspended sentence for keeping savings secret (PDF, 10KB)
• Benefits cheat spends 60th birthday in the dock (PDF, 10KB)

Online forms

• Benefit Fraud Allegation Form

Further information

In 2009/10 the authority undertook:

• 5 successful prosecutions
• 4 administrative penalties (30% fine)
• 6 official cautions

The above individuals had falsely claimed a total of £79,883.43 in Housing and Council Tax Benefit.

We are continuing this year to tackle those people who claim wrongly.

Related pages on this website

• Benefits anti fraud policy
• National fraud initiative

External websites

• Targeting benefit thieves (external link)
• Local Authority Investigation Officers Group - LIAOG (external link)

Contact us

Officer / Team	Investigation officer
Postal address	Blaby District Council Council Offices Desford Road Narborough Leicester LE19 2EP
E-mail address	fraud@blaby.gov.uk
Telephone	0116 272 7733
Fax	0116 272 7600

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This page was last updated on 13th May 2010