Investigations and convictions of benefit fraud by JSA claimants.

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

For the period January 1st 2010 until the most recent available data of 2014, please could you provide the number of JSA claimants investigated for benefit fraud, where:
a) investigations showed that benefit fraud had been committed
b) investigations results that benefit fraud had not been committed

If possible, it would be greatly appreciated if it could be shown how many investigations were triggered as a result of human, administrative or computer error.

Lastly, please provide details of the policy for dealing with an erroneous or maliciously triggered investigation.

Yours faithfully,

H Mansfield

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Dear Operations FOI Requests,

Thank you for your response. I am however concerned by the final part, as it suggests that JC+ advisors that repeatedly initiate erroneous or malicious investigations are not held accountable.

Please could you confirm if I have understood this correctly?

Yours sincerely,

H Mansfield

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