lying about address

[winnie01]

i know someone who has done this to get into school i want my child to go to. should i tell? and if so when, before i find out if she's got a place or after?

Utility bills prove where you live, but can anyone tell me how child benefit payments do? Mine is paid direct to my bank, and they rarely write to me. After I moved house last year, I forgot to tell them, but the next letter to me was just forwarded, along with everything else.

They write I think twice a year. On the letter is your address. So I suppose that in providing a copy of the annual statement, that shows firstly that you are the registered carer/parent, and secondly that you live at x address. If you move you should contact them.

Child benefits, allegedly if you act within the law, tell the school that you are the adult with whom the child resides.

I wouldn't report, but wouldn't feel particularly sorry for them if someone else did.