Report to the Minister for Social Services : (Record no. 3129)

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fixed length control field 110331s2001 eng
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Original cataloging agency WSS
Modifying agency AFV
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Joychild, Frances
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245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Report to the Minister for Social Services :
Remainder of title review of Department of Work and Income implementation of the Court of Appeal decision : Ruka v Department of Social Welfare [1997] 1 NZLR 154
Statement of responsibility, etc Joychild, Frances
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Wellington
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Ministry of Social Development
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2001
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 72 p. ; computer file : PDF format (404Kb)
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520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This report is the investigative review of the implementation of the Court of Appeal Decision of Ruka v Department of Social Welfare [1997] 1 NZLR 154. The author examines the investigation and establishment of overpayments made to individuals who were living in a marriage-type-relationship at the time of receiving benefits between November 1996 and December 2000. The author explores the usage of incorrect legal testing, Violence to Women investigations, and decision-making checks and balance weaknesses within the Department of Social Welfare (DSW). The report's principal recommendation is that all DSW decisions taken to establish overpayments against beneficiaries on the grounds that they were living in a marriage-type-relationship, between November 1996 and December 2000, be reviewed to ensure the evidence satisfied the Ruka legal test, with the exceptions of cases that went to the Social Security Appeal Authority or where the beneficiary was prosecuted for benefit fraud. The report recommends the need to refocus towards a dual emphasis in benefit crime initiatives between detection and prevention of benefit crime, and to ensure that all New Zealanders in receipt of social security are treated with dignity, respect and equality with other citizens. It recommends domestic violence education for DSW staff, as well as public education relating to benefit fraud prevention. It outlines the need for the development of DSW relationships with the community. Additional policy and legislative changes are recommended in terms of: the disestablishment of monetary target incentives for DSW investigators; the urgent clarification in legislation, reassessment and rectification of cases where non allowance of 'notional entitlement' has increased unintentional fraud debt unnecessarily; and development of a debt burden policy to beneficiaries.
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
9 (RLIN) 203
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
9 (RLIN) 325
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element JUSTICE
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element POLICY
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SOCIAL SERVICES
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SOCIAL WELFARE
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650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
9 (RLIN) 562
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9 (RLIN) 431
Topical term or geographic name as entry element INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Source of heading or term FVC
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9 (RLIN) 336
Topical term or geographic name as entry element LAW
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/archive/2002-rukareport.pdf">http://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/archive/2002-rukareport.pdf</a>
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