Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit fraud
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Fraud is a criminal
offence. It is not a victimless crime. Allerdale Borough Council is
committed to preventing and detecting benefit fraud. The
Investigation Unit actively investigates allegations of benefit
fraud and takes legal action against offenders.
Examples of benefit fraud
- 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 their full income or savings when
they claim benefit.
Suspected Benefit fraud can be reported by either ringing the
National Benefit Fraud Hotline, printing and filling in the
suspected fraud questionnaire below or completing the
suspected fraud report electronic form.
Benefit Fraud Hotline
You can call our Benefit Fraud Hotline on 0800 169
5119.
Targeting fraud
For further information on the Government's "Targeting Fraud"
campaign you can visit the Targeting Fraud
website.