Issue - meetings

Counter Fraud Update

Meeting: 26/07/2021 - Audit and Risk Committee (Item 8)

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[To receive a counter fraud update.]

 

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Minutes:

Mark Wilkes, Audit Business Partner, presented the report on the Counter Fraud Update.

 

The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, require the Council to complete work on the Counter Fraud Plan. Covid-19 business grants were include within the Counter Fraud Plan and 14 other grants were identified through debt recovery processes and reported to the National Anti-Fraud Recovery.

 

The group were advised that the Council were conducting post/pre-payment checks to prevent ineligible individuals from accessing business support grants or various schemes, that could have impact locally and nationally.

 

Resolved:

That the Counter Fraud update be noted.