Benefit Fraud

Test Valley Borough Council has a legal duty to administer a benefits service to all those who qualify. At the same time, there is a responsibility to ensure that benefit payments are only made to those who have a genuine entitlement. Therefore, the Council's role is to try and stop fraud from taking place, catch those who are making false claims and reduce the number of fraudulent claims made each year.

To that end, Test Valley Borough Council has trained Investigation Officers who are responsible for:

• Prevention and detection of fraud and error
• Prosecution of those people found to have defrauded the system