The Committee considered a paper which provided commentary on the report published by the Accounts Commission on 19 January 2017 on housing benefit fraud investigation liaison arrangements in Scotland. Members noted that the responsibility for housing benefit counter fraud work has transferred to the Department of Work and Pension’s (DWP) Fraud and Error Service (FES) and that the Council has created a small corporate counter fraud team of 2 people to pick up residual responsibilities for counter fraud and this team also acts as the single point of contact for FES.
Decision
The Committee noted the report.
(Reference: Report by Executive Director – Customer Services dated 3 March 2017, submitted)