Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Borough Treasurer.

The purpose of this report is to present the work carried out during the past year to minimise the risk of fraud, bribery and corruption occurring in the Council.

This supports the requirements of the Accounts and Audit Regulations (England) 2011, which state that the Council must have measures in place “to enable the prevention and detection of inaccuracies and fraud.” In this context, we have taken fraud also to refer to cases of bribery and corruption.

The Committee is invited to comment on the report.

Officer Contact: John Pearsall on Tel: 0161 474 4033 or email: john.pearsall@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Borough Treasurer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) explaining the work carried out during the past year to minimise the risk of fraud, bribery and corruption and outlining planned work for 2018/2019.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The Committee welcomed the work undertaken with school business managers to educate schools on how to identify and control current and emerging fraud risks.

·         Internal Audit’s data interrogation and analysis software (IDEA) has been used to provide information to managers on potential data quality or fraud issues.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.