Issue - meetings

The Committee considered a review of the Council’s anti-fraud and corruption arrangements.

The Fighting Fraud Locally Local Government Fraud Strategy set out a three part strategic approach to tackling fraud:

§  Acknowledge – acknowledging and understanding fraud risks and committing support and resource to tackling fraud in order to maintain a robust anti-fraud response.

§  Prevent – preventing and detecting more fraud by making better use of information and technology, enhancing fraud controls and processes and developing a more effective anti-fraud culture.

§  Pursue – punishing fraudsters and recovering losses by prioritising the use of civil sanctions, developing capability and capacity to investigate fraudsters and developing a more collaborative and supportive law enforcement response.

Each of the three elements was detailed in the report and a number of specific areas had been provided for consideration. The current arrangements had been reviewed against these areas to identify any gaps and the outcomes were detailed in the report.

RESOLVED

That the report be noted.