Working Collaboratively to Share and Analyse Data to Prevent, Detect and Deter

Fraud

Nick Jennings,Counter Fraud Manager,

Hertfordshire County Council

Shared Services and

Data Sharing?Nick Jennings

Hertfordshire Shared Anti-Fraud Service

The SAFS partnership:

Our aims:Ensure ongoing effectiveness and resilience of anti-fraud arrangements post SFIS Deliver financial benefits in terms of cost savings or increased revenue

Create a ‘Data-Hub’ for Hertfordshire

Create a recognised centre of excellence that is able to disseminate alerts and share best practice nationally

Collect data monthly Secure/ with limited user access High level data from a variety of

services Create a suite of scheduled data-

matches Identify fraud quickly Provide a dash-board of Intelligence Allow targeted ‘Campaigns’- NFI & SPD

Data-Hub for Hertfordshire:

A DATA-HubHow dangerous can it be?

How often Have I heard?• “Breaking down barriers”• “Improved Data-Sharing”• “Cross Departmental working”• “Open up gateways”• “Free flow of data”• “Change the inaccurate interpretation of

the law”• “Joint working to prevent duplication of

effort”

What’s the reality? • ICO Guidance- Has it been ignored? • Legal Advisors- “Six of the Best”• Barristers & ‘Experts’• NHS –only communicate by FAX! (Until Oct

2016)• SFIS & Drawbridges• DWP- NDU- “Fax us- but only for treason LOL”• UK- DVLA v US- DVLA

SAFS Provides:• Board Representation• Resilient reactive investigation service• Hotline/Webpage for reporting.• Shared Strategy/Policies/Procedures• Shared Anti-Fraud Response Plan• Shared Best Practice• Fraud Alerts• Fraud Awareness Events• NFI and Local Data-Hub

LA CFOs Tool Kit:• Council Data and Expertise• S.29/35 DPA• Authorised Powers (POSHFA/CTRS/SSFA) • NAFN/ LAIOG / CIPFA / TEICCAF• Home Office • UKBA/ NHS/ DVLA• Land Registry/ Companies House• Local Police (Intel/POCA/ERSU/VODS/Arrests)• 3rd Party Specialists

New Skills:• HR & Discipline Training • ‘Corporate Fraud’ Training• Business Rates and Avoidance• Tenancy Fraud• Cyber Crime/ Payment Fraud• Presentation Skills• Professional Accreditations• More focused approach• Measurable outputs

Nine months of SAFS:

• Blue Badge- 63 • Business Rates- 6 • Council Tax- 336 • Payment- 9 • Schools- 9 • Staff- 21 • Contract/ Procurement- 15• Tenancy Fraud- 79

But still NO Data-Hub

We do have…• a draft ‘Information Sharing Protocol’-

signed off!• the Data-Warehouse• local ‘Data Access Agreements’• Anti-Fraud & Corruption Strategies• Fraud Prosecution Policies• Anti-Fraud Action Plans.