Suffolk Coastal District Council will use the information we
hold about you to process your claim for Housing Benefit and
Council Tax Benefit.
We may pass the information to other agencies or organisations
such as the Department for Work and Pensions or HM Revenues and
Customs, as allowed by law.
We may check information you have provided, or information about
you that someone else has provided, with other information held by
us.
We may also get information about you from certain third
parties, or give them information to:
- Prevent or detect crime.
- Protect public funds.
- Make sure the information is correct.
These third parties include government departments, local
authorities and private-sector companies such as banks,
organisations that may lend you money and companies that assist us
in fraud detection and prevention such as credit reference
agencies.
We will not give information about you to anyone else, or use
information about you for other purposes, unless the law allows us
to.
National Fraud Initiative and data matching
The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in a
data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of
fraud. The Audit Commission is responsible for running the
National Fraud Initiative (new window) and
carrying out data matching exercises.
Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one
body against other computer records held by the same or another
body. Computerised data matching allows fraudulent claims and
payments to be identified.