Services
Counter fraud activities and sanctions
West Lothian Council's Counter Fraud Team's aims and objectives for 2011/2012 and a review of our performance in 2010/2011 can be found in our Business Plan. Click here to view our Business Plan.
However a comparison to previous years performance in relation to the number of allegations received, overpayments of benefit and sanction activity can be found by clicking here.
Sanctions Performance for 2010/2011
During 2010/2011, 38 benefit cheats in the West Lothian area faced a sanction as a result of committing benefit fraud.
- 17 claimants were reported to the Procurator Fiscal(PF); this figure includes DWP led joint cases.
- 9 claimants were offered and accepted an Administrative Penalty as an alternative to a prosecution.
- 12 claimants were offered and accepted an Administrative Caution as an alternative to a prosecution.
During 2010/2011, 4 cases were successfully prosecuted and found guilty of committing benefit fraud. To find out more about these cases click here.
Update 12/10/11
