Where are the deterrent sentences for benefit fraud?

A Lancashire woman who fraudulently obtained more than £17,000 in tax credits has received a suspended jail term.

A Selby area man who pleaded guilty to falsely claiming nearly £4,000 in benefits has been fined £390 and ordered to pay £500 in costs.

Tracey Rimmer, from St Helens, falsely claimed benefits totalling £4,161. She was just given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 legal costs. She is also required to pay back the overpayment in full!

An Ironville woman found guilty of fraud after claiming almost £7,000 in benefits she was not entitled to has made the subject of a curfew order. She has been given a six-month community order and will have to stay at home between 7pm and 7am. Wow. That'll teach her.

A York woman escaped a jail term when she was caught defrauding the taxpayer for the fourth time. She illegally claimed benefits of £8,368. She was given a community order with 12 months’ supervision and 50 hours’ unpaid work, and was ordered to pay £75 prosecution costs.

A Kingswinford woman who falsely claimed £30,000 of housing and council tax benefits and income support has escaped a jail sentence. Caught by data matching, she was given a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, ordered to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work in the community and was electronically tagged for three months.

A repeat offender pedophile is on incapacity benefit. Why, one wonders. He seems to be well enough to assault 13 year old girls but not well enough to work.

A Crawley benefits cheat who conned taxpayers out of more than £65,000 has been jailed, for 12 months. He failed to declare that he had married in 1999 and that his wife worked full-time.

Finally, a Croydon benefit fraudster who falsely claimed more than £100,000 by pretending he was wheelchair bound "could face jail" after being caught on camera lifting furniture and doing DIY. He's due to be sentenced next month.