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The Public Sector Counter Fraud Landscape
Rachael Tiffen
Head of Counter Fraud Centre
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Key areas to cover:
Current landscape
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Fighting Fraud Locally
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Changing landscape
National Fraud Authority
Audit
NCA
SFIS
Commission
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CIPFA Code of Practice
Will replace the CIPFA ‘Red Book’ standards
Launched for consultation 14 May
Supporting guidance
Aim: to provide a set of principles defining the governance and operational arrangements necessary for an effective counter fraud response
that can be applied consistently across the public
sector
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What makes the code different the Red Book?
to
Higher level principles
Shorter
Applicable to all sizes of organisation
Complete change of format
Will be supported by guidance that helps
in different types of organisation application
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The Code:
Acknowledge responsibility
The governing body should acknowledge its
responsibility for ensuring that the risks associated with fraud and corruption are managed effectively across all parts of the organisation.
Identify risks
Fraud risk identification is essential to understand
specific exposures to risk, changing patterns in fraud and corruption threats and the potential consequences to the organisation and its service users.
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The code principles:
Develop a strategy
An organisation needs a counter fraud strategy setting
out its approach to managing its risks and defining responsibilities for action.
Provide resources
The organisation should make arrangements for appropriate resources to support the counter fraud strategy.
Take action
The organisation should put in place the policies and procedures to support the counter fraud and corruption strategy and take action to prevent, detect and investigate fraud.
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Consultation process
Launched at the audit conference
Public consultation on CIPFA website
Consultation questions
Final publication
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Supporting guidance assessment tool
and
Aim of guidance notes
Role of assessment tool Linked to guidance notes
Assessment of level of compliance and where need to improve
Integration with future CIPFA products
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Counter Fraud Centre
First national centre for counter fraud professionals
and staffed by counter fraud professionals Launched in July 2014
Will cover:
Policy and influencing
Consultancy
Research
Codes, reports and strategies
Tools
In house support
Training
Workshops
Roundtables and thought papers Membership and networking
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Counter Fraud Centre
Public Sector wide includes central and local government and is UK and
International Founding Sponsors
Fraud and corruption
Centre will include:
• New Tools and Services
• Qualification and CPD
Audit Commission tools and staff
Protecting the Public Purse, Survey, Organisational Cultures tools, fraud manual
Existing Fighting Fraud Locally Board and Strategy
New Fighting Fraud Locally Strategy
New FFL tools and guidance
Partnerships on analytical tools
Good Practice, including CIPFA Code
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CF Centre – Advisory Board
Charlie Adan – Chief Executive, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils Donald Toon – Director, Economic Crime Command, NCA
Mark Babington – Director, National Audit Office
Dave Clark - Head of Economic Crime, City of London Police
Stephen Fell – Head of Assurance and Governance, NHS
England
Alan Finch – Local Government Association
Dermid McCausland – Managing Director, NHS Protect
Ian O’Donnell- Chair of Fighting Fraud Locally Board
Brian Reynolds – Chair of Association of Local Authority
Treasurers Societies
Mike Suarez – Chief Executive Cheshire East
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What’s happening now?
The Centre is working with DCLG, NCA and others to provide a one stop shop for counter fraud
Three roundtables as part of the launch in June
Anti-corruption workshops in the Autumn
If you want to know more & be included in mailing sign up here: http://www.cipfa.org/services/counter-fraud-centre
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TRAINING
Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist and CPD
Accredited Counter Fraud Technician
Elearning: Corruption and Whistleblowing
Fraud Awareness
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What does this all mean for the practitioner?
National profile for good counter fraud practice
Buy in from key organisations and influencers -
helps you get support and buy in locally
Provide a code that can be consistent across the
public sector
Guidance for those supporting and championi
good governance – including counter fraud
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Quick re-cap
FFL Published 2011 – 3 year strategy Fraud Risk
Areas Successful
pilots and initiatives
Collaboration
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Some of the FFL collaborative working
West London ‘Track a Fraudster’ – the London Hub
NFA set up around 30 LAs running pilots 3 Counties and surrounding Districts looking at
hubs/sharing counter fraud expertise
Worked with Tri Borough on publicity pilot – ‘Spot it, Stop it’ and ‘Spot the Cheater’
Worked with Registered Provider for Housing
Worked with TFF and MBUS
Newsletter
NFA and CIFAS Insider Guide
Workshops /launch on insider
FFL 2011,2012 and 2013 Conferences
FFL Awards 2012 and 2013 to celebrate and praise local government counter fraud innovation
and results
Fighting Fraud Locally- official NFA / Board Slides
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The Achievements Stoke City Council A joint-working initiative by
Stoke City Council has seen a return of 54 recovered properties, 3 prosecutions and £250,000 of fraudulently claimed benefits in its first 12 months alone.
SPOT THE CHEATER
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The Achievements
NFA Pathfinder:
A collaboration between
Enfield Council’s Counter
Fraud Team and Enfield
Police Payback Team
resulted in several
sanctions, including the
prosecution and jailing of
a person for benefit fraud
in Enfield and Waltham
Forest resulting in a
confiscation order for
£543,000, of which Enfield
received £48,000.
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Analytics
NFA set up a number of data analytics shift the emphasis Kensington and Ealing
West London ‘Track a Fraudster’
Ealing SNAP Bristol
NNDR Southwark (
students) Hubs
Regional Partnerships Guide ( NFA)
pilots – to
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West London
Groundbreaking collaboration in counter fraud
NFA Pilots with Ealing and RBKC during Fighting Fraud Locally development
Ealing SNAP
West London LAs
‘ Track a Fraudster’ Pilot rolled out to 8
Fighting Fraud Locally- official NFA / Board Slides
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The Achievements
NFA Pathfinder: Ealing SNAP
Internal matching
1563 accounts have had the single person discount removed.
1851 accounts where the discount is currently undergoing challenge
Backdated account adjustments of £1,196,309
Annual value of discounts removed £484,855
Additional Untaxed Properties
213 additional previously untaxed properties
48 more currently awaiting inspection
Backdated account billing of £120,949
Annual charge list increase of £104,192
Total Additional Income Generated (To Date)
Backdated Adjustments £1,317,258
Additional Annual Income £589,047
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So where from here?
More use of analytics
Tackling cyber
The London Hub
More collaboration
Fighting Fraud and Corruption Locally 2015
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FFL 2015
Timeline
Research
Negotiations
Publication
Tools and Pilots
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Risks, Barriers, Incentives Ideas
and
Research for FFL
Pilots
Ideas, risks, case studies
Good Practice
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Counter fraud, further support
CIPFA Counter Fraud Centre Find out more: http://www.cipfa.org/services/advisory-and-
options…
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TISonline: Risk Management and Counter Fraud Information Stream TISonline is CIPFA’s online information resource for public sector financial managers. Includes resources provided by the National Fraud Authority. More information at: www.tisonline.net/riskmanagement/default.asp
CIPFA Corporate Benchmarking Now includes the counter fraud benchmarking club. Our clubs are the market leader in benchmarking, covering 19 key back- office functions. Our detailed reports, databases and interactive tools will provide you with solid evidence to support key improvement decisions: www.cipfa.org/benchmarking/corporateservices