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

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