But maybe we can support without giving cash in cases where abuse of the system is occurring. Pay rent direct to the landlord, arrange an account at a local supermarket for groceries - not for all, but for those who have the wrong idea about how that money should be used. OK, it would be more time consuming for the authority concerned, but if it meant that the children, and maybe the spouse of the abuser, was getting the benefit? Sometimes draconian measures are the only thing that will work.