HOUSING BENEFIT RISK BASED VERIFICATION （住房福利基于风险的检验）.pdfVIP

HOUSING BENEFIT RISK BASED VERIFICATION POLICY INTRODUCTION 1.1 Redditch Borough Council is responsible for the calculation and award of Housing benefits and Local Council Tax Support, subject to a valid application and verification of that application. 1.2 The Council must adhere to Housing and Council Tax Benefit legislation. The Regulations under the legislation do not specify what information and evidence the Council should obtain from a claimant for Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support.. However, they do require a Council to have information which allows an accurate assessment of a claimant’s entitlement, both when a claim is first made and when the claim is reviewed. The legislation is supplemented by detailed statutory guidance, which must be applied. Failure to do so would lead to an adverse inspection report, possible audit sanctions and loss of subsidy. 1.3 Given those requirements quality assurance and detection of fraud are key aspects of the assessment process. RISK BASED VERIFICATION 2.1 Risk-Based Verification (RBV) is a method of applying different levels of checks to benefits claims according to the risk associated with those claims. D ifferent circumstances are taken into account and a risk profile applied to each claim. The associated risk matrix is based on many years of experience and statistical information about what type of claim represents what type of risk. The higher the deemed risk, the higher amount of resources will be used to establish that the claim is genuine. 2.2 The Department of Work and