benefit fraud at my address

[dale_w]

my girlfriend and i have recently seperated and she has moved out of our flat where i still live, i believe she is still recieving benefits for my address and there has been post for her which i believe are store cards and catalogue bills! is there a way of finding out if there are benefits still being payed for my address and if any catalogues or storecards are registered to my address? i have confronted her over a housing benefit cheque which turned up last month and she said she would reurn it and cancel the housing benefit however as i am typing this another has just been delivered a month on! please help as i am trying to keep the confrontation to a minimum as we have 2 young children and dont want to cause any upset with the relationship!

[Ethel]

Return all the letters to the sender with an accompanying letter stating when she moved out and her current address.

[THECORBYLOON]

If she was the benefit claimant and the benefit was being paid based on yous being a couple, you would be allowed to ask if benefit was still being paid, otherwise we are not allowed to discuss someone's benefit with another person unless we have prior consent.

[themas]

If she was living with you she should not have had a housing benefit claim (or any other means tested benefit) as a single person, so your name should have been on all such claims. I assume she has moved out with the children & that you are on your own so not entitled to benefits. As the last post said, contact the authorities & tell them of the change of circumstances - otherwise you could be held liable for the overpayments as well as her.

If she was claiming benefits as a single parent (i.e. without naming you or anyone else as her partner) when she was living with you that is likely to be seen as fraud, quite apart from what she is doing now.

[PrinceRainie]

Report her to the Benefits Fraud Dept...if she is claiming and she shouldnt...then get her locked up. The more people who commit fraud, claiming benefits when they are not entitled getting locked up the better. Therefore less tax for us hard workers to have to pay.
(dont mind paying for prison bill...i think of it as a tax rebate!)