Benefit fraud prosecutions (FOI) Benefit fraud prosecutions (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
29 September 2022.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A
How many successful prosecutions have there been for benefit fraud in Jersey between 1 January 1999, and September 2022?
B
Concerning question (A) and considering each case between 1 January 1999, and September 2022, what was the GBP amount of benefit fraud the convicted person[s] were claiming [to be clear - the amount of benefit fraud per case]?
C
Concerning question (A), how many convicted persons received a Community Service Order and how many a suspended sentence?
Response
Data is only available from 2012 which is when it was transferred to the electronic system. Data prior to 2012 is not held. Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011therefore applies.
A
There have been 28 successful prosecutions for benefit fraud in Jersey since 2012.
B
The amount of benefit fraud committed per case can be found in the table below.
Case number | Fraud value |
1 | £63,514.22 |
2 | £27,254.47 |
3 | £15,964.66 |
4 | £7,632.33 |
5 | £49,140.15 |
6 | £51,601.94 |
7 | £3,986.90 |
8 | £11,966.21 |
9 | £49,563.48 |
10 | £4,431.81 |
11 | *£0.00 |
12 | £4,541.29 |
13 | £5,857.31 |
14 | £0.00* |
15 | £3,867.02 |
16 | £6,252.09 |
17 | £3,101.00 |
18 | £162,614.01 |
19 | £2,440.58 |
20 | £103,504.21 |
21 | £34,786.46 |
22 | £70,128.61 |
23 | £148,999.94 |
24 | £63,459.45 |
25 | £117,311.99 |
26 | £108,279.94 |
27
| £144,428.73 |
28 | £34,567.25 |
*Where a financial value is £0, the prosecution case was related to the individual being party to an offence and not the claimant.
Despite the outcome of a prosecution case, all monies are required to be repaid.
C
There have been the following sentences given relating to the 28 prosecutions:
Sentence | Number |
Imprisonment only | 8 |
Suspended Sentence only | 2 |
Community Service order only | 4 |
Compensation order only | 1 |
Imprisonment & Compensation order | 3 |
Suspended Sentence, Community Service Order & Compensation Order | 1 |
Community Service Order & Probation Order | 1 |
Community Service Order & Compensation Order | 7 |
Community Service Order, Compensation Order & Probation Order | 1 |
Article applied
Article 10 - Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding Information
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –
(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and
(b) the authority does not hold the information, it must inform the applicant accordingly.
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