FI15021

Request

  1. Please tell me what types of housing tenancy frauds do you investigate?
  2. Please tell me how many full-time equivalent staff worked on counter housing fraud in each of the following three financial years?
    1. 2021/22
    2. 2022/23
    3. 2023/24
  3. Please tell me how much have you spent on counter housing fraud measures in each of the following three financial years, including staff and professional fees.
    1. 2021/22
    2. 2022/23
    3. 2023/24
  4. Please tell me how many housing frauds cases have you investigated in each of the following three financial years:
    1. 2021/22
    2. 2022/23
    3. 2023/24
  5. Please tell me how many of these investigated cases did you classified as ‘detected frauds’ in each of these three financial years?
    1. 2021/22
    2. 2022/23
    3. 2023/24
  6. Please tell me how many of these detected frauds resulted in some form of action being taken?
    1. 2021/22
    2. 2022/23
    3. 2023/24
  7. Please tell me how many social homes have you recovered as a result of your counter fraud work in each of the following three financial years:
    1. 2021/22
    2. 2022/23
    3. 2023/24
  8. What do you estimate to be the financial saving from your counter housing-fraud measures in each of the following three financial years
    1. 2021/22
    2. 2022//23
    3. 2023/24
  9. Please tell me how many homes cases have you investigated of suspected illegal sub-letting using on-line websites, such as AirBnB, Booking.Com, or Vrbo.

Response

  1. Benefit Fraud, Fraudulent Succession, Key Selling, Non-Occupation, Obtained Property by Deception, Right to Buy, Sub Letting, Unauthorized Exchange or Assignment.
  2. For all years, 2 (but part of a wider role of Housing Anti-Social Behaviour Officer)
  3. The Council does not hold this information as fraud work is a small part of the workload of a housing anti-social behaviour officer.
  4. As follows:
    1. 11
    2. 16
    3. 12
  5. As follows:
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 1
  6. As follows:
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 1
  7. As follows:
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 1
  8. As follows:
    1. £6,000 (estimated figure only)
    2. £12,000 (estimated figure only)
    3. £6,000 (estimated figure only)
  9. None