Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Audit and Risk Management to advise the Audit Committee of the revised Corporate Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy, Fraud Response Plan and Whistle-blowing Policy.

The Head of Audit and Risk Management, Anne Woods, advised the Committee of the revised Corporate Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy, Fraud Response Plan and Whistle-blowing policy. The revised strategy incorporated some minor amendments to ensure that the information was as up to date as possible but the content of the document remained largely unchanged. It was proposed that the Corporate Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy and the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy relating to Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Fraud be linked to one another on the Council’s website.

The Chair welcomed this report and reported that the importance of Whistleblowing and Anti-Corruption policies had been emphasised at a recent conference he had attended.

On a motion by the Chair it was:

RESOLVED

i)                    That the revised Corporate Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy, Fraud ResponsePlan and Whistle-blowing Policy be approved.

ii)                  That the publication of the revised documents on the Council’s website and intranet site be approved.