196501-515723 FOI Housing

Short Description
Housing Tenancy Fraud
Reference number
FOI196501-515723
Date
29/07/2024
Request

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

This request is about housing tenancy frauds.

Questions

1.     Please tell me what types of housing tenancy frauds do you investigate?

2.     Please tell me how many full-time equivalent staff worked on counter housing fraud in each of the following three financial years?
a)     2021/22
b)    2022/23
c)     2023/24

3.     Please tell me how much have you spent on counter housing fraud measures in each of the following three financial years, including staff and professional fees.

a)     2021/22
b)    2022/23
c)     2023/24

4.     Please tell me how many housing frauds cases have you investigated in each of the following three financial years:

a)     2021/22
b)    2022/23
c)     2023/24

5.     Please tell me how many of these investigated cases did you classified as ‘detected frauds’ in each of these three financial years?

a)      2021/22
b)    2022/23
c)     2023/24


6.     Please tell me how many of these detected frauds resulted in some form of action being taken?

d)    2021/22
e)    2022/23
f)      2023/24

7.     Please tell me how many social homes have you recovered as a result of your counter fraud work in each of the following three financial years:

a)     2021/22
b)    2022/23
c)     2023/24

8.     What do you estimate to be the financial saving from your counter housing-fraud measures in each of the following three financial years
a)     2021/22
b)    2022//23
c)     2023/24

9.     Please tell me how many homes cases have you investigated of suspected illegal sub-letting using on-line websites, such as AirBnB, Booking.Com, or Vrbo.

Response