FOI/202400428635 · FOI · unclear
Reports of suspected fraud for the Scottish Child Payment: FOI release
Information requested
The number of reports of suspected fraud for Scottish Child Payment that Social Security Scotland has received since February 2021 to 27 August 2024, broken down by month and year.
Response
We have interpreted your request to mean allegations of fraud. Allegations do not automatically become fraud investigation cases as research and assessment is carried out prior to tasking to an investigator. Social Security Scotland does not decide when fraud has been committed; that is for the justice system. Therefore, we do not classify a behaviour as fraud until conviction (or the Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service has decided on a non-court disposal as an alternative to prosecution).
Allegations of fraud received for Scottish Child Payment covering 2022 to 27 August 2024 2022 2023 2024 January 33 63 114 February 59 68 203 March 62 156 101 April 58 55 99 May 34 59 77 June 61 123 93 July 54 89 71 August 85 119 64 September 49 104 October 53 99 November 62 113 December 41 85 TOTAL 651 1133 822
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Social Security Scotland only holds the information you have requested from January 2022. Prior to January 2022 the information captured did not allow it to be broken down by benefit type.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have some of the information you have requested.
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have some of the information you have requested.
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