Retired Members National Fraud Initiative
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The County Council is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers. From time to time it may use information provided to it for the prevention and detection of fraud and share it with other bodies administering public funds solely for these purposes. The County Council is required to participate in an anti-fraud initiative operated by the Audit Commission’s appointed auditors under section 6 of the Audit Commission Act 1998. For this initiative, we are providing details of pensions in payment to the auditors so that they can compare these with information provided by other public bodies. This comparison helps us to ensure that no pensions are paid to persons who are deceased or to those no longer entitled to them. The information is also used by other public bodies e.g. those administering housing benefit, to ensure that occupational pension income is being declared. While the object of the exercise is the detection of fraud, any underpayments to pensioners are detected and then corrected.
Please also remember that if you are a LGPS Pensioner re-employed by a local authority (this includes local Councils, Police, Fire, Probation, Magistrates Courts and FE colleges) you must notify the Pensions Section immediately. Your pension may be reduced if the sum of your new earnings in your new job added to your pension is greater than the earnings (plus inflation) on which your retirement pension is based. The Pensions Section is happy to give advice on the maximum you can earn without it affecting your pension. |
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