Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Corporate Services

RESOLVED THAT

1.    The revised Counter Fraud and Anti-Corruption Policy be approved.

2.    The Chief Finance Officer be authorised to approve future minor amendments in consultation with the Counter Fraud Unit and appropriate Officers, Members and One Legal.

The Cabinet Member Corporate Services introduced the report and explained that the policy had been updated and adopted in April 2016 to reflect the changes to the counter fraud arrangements at the council, with the development of a new Counter Fraud Unit within Internal Audit. The policy had now been revised, very minimally, to reflect the position in relation to the counter fraud provision by the Counter Fraud Unit within the Authority. The Counter Fraud Unit was no longer operating within Internal Audit but was a separate shared support service reporting to the Chief Finance Officer.

The Cabinet Member highlighted that as an authority counter fraud was taken very seriously and the key phrase in the policy was zero tolerance.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    The revised Counter Fraud and Anti-Corruption Policy be approved.

2.    The Chief Finance Officer be authorised to approve future minor amendments in consultation with the Counter Fraud Unit and appropriate Officers, Members and One Legal.