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Graeme Surely the Council are not the ones who issued the cheque? Any housing benefits through this Council are done through BACS and that means going straight into the person's bank account - so do you mean the Council approaching the Bank? If this is the case then surely if fraud was suspected the Police would become involved or if not the Fraud Benefit Officers and that would come under Crime Prevention/Prosecution of Offenders. Look forward to hearing the answers. Doreen Broom Data Administrator Scottish Borders Council Council HQ Newtown St.Boswells Melrose Borders TD6 0SA Tel: 01835 824000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Graeme Shanks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 08 November 2000 14:53 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fraud Query > > Hi group, > > Can a Local Authority ask another business for information that would help > in an investigation into fraudulent benefits claims under section 29 of > the > Act ? > > An example would be where a claimant has been issued with a cheque, claims > it has been destroyed and asks for another cheque. It later transpires > that > the cheque has been cashed. Can the council seek information from the > business that cashed the cheque? > > Regards, > Graeme > ________________________________________________________________ This e-mail is privileged, confidential and subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use or disclosure of its contents is prohibited. The views expressed in this communication may not necessarily be the views held by the Scottish Borders Council. _________________________________________________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%