Combining with Others to Prevent and Fight Fraud
7.1 The Councils are committed to exchanging information with other local and national agencies in order to identify and prevent fraud using data matching techniques. Such activity is carried out in full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Code of Practice for National Fraud Initiative Data Matching Exercises and includes providing information to other agencies for data matching purposes.
Any employee found to be perpetrating fraud on another local or national agency is liable to face disciplinary action where this has implications for the Council's trust and confidence in the employee. In certain cases disciplinary action could lead to dismissal.
7.2 With the increase in recent years of frauds perpetrated against a variety of public bodies, which usually involve fraudsters having multiple identities and addresses, the necessity for liaison with other organisations has become paramount. Some of these include:
- Police Forces and Fraud Squads
- Other Local Authorities
- External Auditor
- Universities and Colleges
- Department for Works and Pensions
- National Anti Fraud Network