Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Corporate Services

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the attached business case and supporting financial documentation be reviewed.

2.    this Authority’s participation in the establishment of a permanent Counter Fraud Unit be approved and recommends the preferred option 3 and associated financial, governance and employment arrangements.

The Cabinet Member Corporate Services introduced the report which outlined that in 2014 Cheltenham Borough Council supported the successful DCLG bid to fund the set-up of a Gloucestershire wide Counter Fraud Unit tasked with preventing and detecting fraud and the misuse of public funds. He explained that feasibility work had now been undertaken and a business case and financial detail had been drafted to reflect the financial sustainability of creating a permanent Counter Fraud Unit which would serve the partner Councils across the region. The Audit Committee had considered the report at its meeting on 21 September. The proposal would generate significant financial returns and create a more resilient service.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the attached business case and supporting financial documentation be reviewed.

2.    this Authority’s participation in the establishment of a permanent Counter Fraud Unit be approved and recommends the preferred option 3 and associated financial, governance and employment arrangements.