Information relating to clients in relation to Social Security Scotland's fraud and resolution work: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
FOI Reference: FOI/202400393728
Date received: 15 January 2024
Date responded: 31 January 2024
Information Requested
The number of complaints received by Social Security Scotland from clients that relates to Social Security Scotland’s fraud and error resolution work.
In other words, complaints from clients that concern the work and activities undertaken by Social Security Scotland in fraud and error resolution (investigations etc).
Please breakdown the number by financial year (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 so far).
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested. This is because we have received zero complaints relating to Social Security Scotland’s fraud and error resolution work.
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