Issue - meetings

(Chief Internal Auditor) To note the attached report.  REPORT TO FOLLOW.

The Corporate Fraud Team Manager, Martin Crowe, outlined the  Corporate Fraud Team Annual Summary and advised the Committee that Covid had impacted on the working practices of the team, specifically in relation to visiting properties which had now resumed. The investigation activity was summarised: 37% of cases were closed as fraud had been detected and proved; 100% of right to buy applications had been vetted and 18 of these applications had been stopped or withdrawn;  7 investigations into tenancy succession had been carried out and 3 of these had been fraudulent; there had been success in identifying 2 illegal subletting cases; prepayment checks were carried out on Covid grants; and a new fraud information management system had been implemented and tested.

The Committee asked if incentives were available to the public for reporting fraud, they were advised that the ‘know a cheat in your street scheme’ was ongoing, incentive schemes had been previously considered but had not gone forward.

Resolved

The Committee noted the Corporate Fraud Team Annual Summary for 2021/22