Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2019/20Part 8: Claiming benefits and getting paid Chapter 55: Fraud and penalties
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Chapter 55: Fraud and penalties
This chapter covers:
1. Civil penalties (here)
2. Investigating benefit claims here
3. Prosecution of offences here
4. Administrative penalties for benefit offences here
5. Sanctions for benefit offences here
This chapter covers the rules on fraud for benefits administered by the DWP, housing benefit, child benefit and guardian’s allowance. For tax credits and fraud, see Chapter 65. For the rules on the Scottish social security benefits and fraud, see Chapter 74. This chapter does not cover the rules for statutory sick, maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay.
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