If you suspect someone is committing benefit fraud, please complete as much of this form as you can. Don’t worry if you can’t answer all the questions. Any information you can give us is useful. Please see the information on our web page for details of the sort of information we would find most useful. All the information you provide will be strictly in confidence and you do not have to give us your name and address. However if you would like our investigators to be able to contact you for more information there is space at the end of the form for you to give us your details.
What type of benefit fraud do you think is being committed? Please include any information which you think may help us to investigate this matter.
Please provide a brief description of the person you suspect of committing fraud for example ethnic origin, hair colour, approximate age, build, height etc. Please also include details of any distinguishing features, for example facial hair, glasses, tattoos, scars etc.
If your suspicion is that the above person has an undeclared partner living in the household please use the space below to provide a brief description of that partner and if applicable details of any work they do and/or vehicle they use.
Thank you for the information you have provided. We will thoroughly investigate the details you have provided but for reasons of confidentiality we will not be able to tell you the result of our enquiries. Shepway District Council is committed to protecting public money through its action against benefit fraud. We will prosecute benefit cheats and recover any overpaid benefit.
Any one who cheats the benefit system will not be allowed to get away with it.
All information given will be treated in line with the data protection act section 29 and The European Convention on Human Rights acts, Article 8.