Issue - meetings
Counter Fraud Progress Report
Meeting: 19/11/2025 - Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee (Item 54)
54 Counter Fraud Progress Report 
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Report of Assistant Director Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Purpose of report
This report presents an update on counter fraud work undertaken so far in 2025/26
Recommendations
The Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee resolves to:
1.1 Note the counter fraud progress report.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Counter Fraud Progress Report, item 54
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- Webcast for Counter Fraud Progress Report
Decision:
Resolved
(1) That the counter fraud progress report be noted.
Minutes:
The Assistant Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) submitted a report which presented an update on counter fraud work undertaken so far in 2025/26.
In response to a question regarding the remedies sought from claimants who had made fraudulent or erroneous claims, it was confirmed that the values involved related to the repayments of the over provision rather than through legal action undertaken by the Council.
Resolved
(1) That the counter fraud progress report be noted.