tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257664439850070573.post8829229440622736874..comments2024-02-23T11:24:14.864+00:00Comments on The Broken Of Britain: ATTITUDES TO DISABILITY AND HATE CRIMEBenefitScroungingScumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257664439850070573.post-39286152157536202452011-04-21T12:33:05.605+01:002011-04-21T12:33:05.605+01:00I frequently think that the people who manage to c...I frequently think that the people who manage to claim for DLA fraudulently could make good that crime by helping those who are eligible for it apply.<br /><br />Cos if anyone knows how to jump through the hoops it's the fraudsters. I've seen too many friends who are genuine claimants have their claims rejected to assume that fraud is rampant; and often the fact that they are disabled Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02940470559735106253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257664439850070573.post-28699864633158491502011-04-21T10:07:54.536+01:002011-04-21T10:07:54.536+01:00Perhaps the public need to be more aware of the cr...Perhaps the public need to be more aware of the criteria for receiving DLA and what fraud actually constitutes. <br /><br />The government's website defines a fraudulent claim as one that is made without entitlement. If (say) the criteria for entitlement were that you rang them up and said "I'm disabled" then they could proclaim a fraud level of zero, as all applicants would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257664439850070573.post-17295537024178394122011-04-21T03:29:44.470+01:002011-04-21T03:29:44.470+01:00I've been thinking a lot about this question o...I've been thinking a lot about this question of perception of fraud levels. Perhaps we need to phrase it as, "Only one in every two-hundred claims might be fraudulent," rather than talking about 0.5% fraud rates. People seem to just hear the "...five percent" in that and either miss or don't understand the "nought point..." bit of it. So they're probably RockHorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913003630650603484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257664439850070573.post-23581087856605281202011-04-20T19:30:38.982+01:002011-04-20T19:30:38.982+01:00bogus!! with the amount you have to fill in and th...bogus!! with the amount you have to fill in and the evidence you have to provide and the time it takes to fill one in only genuine people would take the trouble, that is my opinionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257664439850070573.post-44385566134381244132011-04-20T18:44:42.645+01:002011-04-20T18:44:42.645+01:00Probably. It needs pointing out to these people t...Probably. It needs pointing out to these people that the "some genuine some bogus" position suggests around 50/50 genuine/bogus, and that suggestion is clearly totally ludicrous.Jannoreply@blogger.com