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CIPFA Fraud and Corruption Survey Results 2020

Meeting: 21/04/2021 - Standards and Audit Committee (Item 20)

20 CIPFA Fraud and Corruption Survey Results 2020 PDF 80 KB

Additional documents:

Appendix_CIPFAFraudandCorruptionTrackerNationalReport2020, item 20 PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

The Internal Audit Consortium Manager presented a report on the results of CIPFA’s Fraud and Corruption Tracker Survey 2020 (CFaCT), attached at Appendix 1 of the officer’s report, which provided a picture of fraudulent activity in local government.

The report also outlined the level of fraud detected by the Council during 2019/20. The only instances of fraud identified were in relation to single person discount.

The Council had controls and procedures in place to mitigate the risk of fraud, these were detailed in paragraph 4.6 of the officer’s report.

*RESOLVED –

1. That the results of CIPFA’s Fraud and Corruption Tracker Survey be noted.

2. That the level of fraud detected by Chesterfield Borough Council in 2019/20 be noted.

3. That the fraud prevention measures put in place by Chesterfield Borough Council to reduce the risk of fraud be noted.

4. That an update on the progress made on the recommendations from the audit of Procurement be brought to the next meeting of the Committee on 28 July, 2021.