Purpose

Since the launch of the
Council’s Counter-Fraud and Corruption Strategy in 2019, the
Council’s Senior Management Team has participated in Fraud
and Corruption Tracker assessments, mandatory fraud awareness
training has been launched and completed across the organisation
via eLearning for PC users and face-to-face training for the
remaining workforce, with targeted publicity campaigns across the
organisation to support fraud awareness and vigilance.
To support the Council to
tackle fraud, it is vital that we all keep up to date on the risk
of fraud, bribery and corruption and that we do all we can to
prevent and detect it. The Strategy has been updated to include
enhanced oversight, by introducing a Counter-Fraud Oversight Board,
a commitment to continued fraud risk assessment and assurance,
further communication and refreshed fraud awareness training. A
small number of Counter-Fraud Operational Policies have also been
refreshed.

Content

RESOLVED: that the updated Counter-Fraud
Bribery and Corruption Strategy, and the operational counter-fraud
documents appended to this report be approved.