You Can Help Us Cut Down On
Fraudulent Benefit Claims
South Staffordshire Council pays out vast
amounts of HousingBenefit/and or Council Tax Support every
year. The majority of claimants within the area are genuine,
however there are always the minority who are stealing from all of
us and defrauding the benefits system.
If you suspect that someone is
claiming HousingBenefit/and or Council Tax Support fraudulently, or
know of anyone who:
- Has not told us that they are working
- Has not told us that they have a partner
- Does not live in the property that they are claiming for Or has
not told us they have other forms of income, savings or properties
for example.
Then please let us know, do not let these people get away
with committing benefit fraud.
Useful Pages:
Useful Leaflets:
National Benefit
Leaflet - Frau (PDF 221KB)
Benefit Cheats
leaflet (PDF 4MB)
Interview for
Caution Leaflet (PDF 40KB)
Interview
for Administrative Penalties Leaflet (PDF 20KB)
Interview Under
Caution leaflet (PDF 40KB)
Code of
Conduct: Benefit Counter - Fraud Investigators (PDF
21KB)
To inform us of any suspicions that
you may have you can contact us in a number of different
ways:
- You could complete our
online benefit fraud report form, filling
in details as appropriate.
- You can call our own
Fraud hotline number and either leave a message or talk to a member
of our staff. The Number to call is 0500 658 008.
- You can also call the
National Anti Fraud Hot-line on 0800 854 440 between the hours of
7am and 11pm 7 days a week.
- You can also notify us
in writing by sending a letter to,
Benefits Services Unit
South Staffordshire
Council
P.O. Box 1644
WV8 1ZF
All Information Will Be Treated In The Strictest
Confidence
You can choose to remain anonymous
when making an allegation, although we would prefer where possible
that you provide your contact details as you may have some further
vital evidence required to assist us with our enquires.
Note: If we do not obtain
enough details on the suspected fraud, we may be unable to take the
matter further.
There are no costs associated with reporting benefit fraud.
Benefit Fraud Hotline
Telephone: (0500) 658008
Email: benefitsinvestigation@sstaffs.gov.uk