Report fraud

Help stop fraud

Fraud costs you money. Every penny lost to fraud means that the council has less to spend on providing the services you want. So please tell us about fraud affecting the council.

Examples of fraud:

claiming services when not entitled, such as using disabled parking permits and claiming grants
sub-letting council property
committing landlord fraud
claiming benefit when not entitled
doing anything else involving the council that you think might be fraudulent or illegal

We also deal with serious or sensitive concerns about wrongdoing, including:

corruption
clients, children or students, particularly children and adults in our care, being mistreated
unauthorised use of council money
an unlawful act
any danger to health and safety
a person abusing their position for any unauthorised use or for personal gain
a person deliberately not keeping to a council policy, an official code of practice or any law or regulation
a person failing to meet appropriate professional standards
a person being discriminated against because of their race, colour, religion, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, sex, sexuality, class or home life

Your concern may be about members of staff, people who work directly for the council, suppliers, or people who provide services to the public for Barking and Dagenham council.

Counter fraud work

The local government transparency code 2014 requires local authorities to publish information about their counter fraud work, including:

number of occasions they use powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 201432, or similar powers
total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud
total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists
total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud, and
total number of fraud cases investigated.