Housing and Council Tax Benefits

Anti-Fraud Policy - Contents

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Anti-Fraud Policy

Section 1

• Background and introduction
• Corporate objectives
• Service objectives
• Legistlation

Section 2

• Benefit fraud
• Anti-fraud measures
• Overpayments
• Investigations

Section 3

• Appointment of Authorised Officers
• Use of surveillance
• Recording and checking previous cautions and administrative penalties
• Recording and checking previous convictions
• Joint-working
• Factors to be considered when deciding to prosecute or administer penalties or cautions

Section 4

• Formal cautions
• Administrative penalties
• Prosecution

Section 5

• Performance indicators
• Conflict of interest
• Employee training
• Responsibilities of the Head of Service
• Duties of Benefits Manager
• Duties of Benefit Investigations Officers
• Additional duties of the Benefit Investigations Manager

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