Fraud Performance
Fraud Data 2024/2025
As required under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, the Council is required to publish their counter fraud work and associated data. Please find below the counter fraud work for the 2024/2025 financial year.
Fraud performance date for the period April 2024 to March 2025.
- Number of occasions powers used under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to require Information) (England) Regulations 2014, or similar powers – Zero
- Total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud – 0.6 FTE Corporate Fraud Investigations Officer
- Total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists – 0.6 FTE Corporate Fraud Investigations Officer
- Amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud – £29,974.61 (resource cost)
- Total number of possible fraud cases investigated – 223 cases