Agenda item - Audit Commission - Protecting the Public Purse Fraud Briefing 2014

Presentation from EY  –  External Auditor (copy of presentation attached)

67.1      The Committee considered the report of the external auditors EY. The report was presented by Mr P King of EY.

67.2      Councillor A Norman noted that the Council had not detected any cases of either Council Tax or Right to Buy fraud. Mr S Mathers (EY) said that fraud may have been detected, but if it wasn’t deemed to be intentional it might not be classed as fraud.

67.3      Councillor Janio noted that the Council had detected 245 cases of fraud with a value of £1,111,442 which suggested each case was high value and asked whether the Authority was missing cases of lower amounts. The Principal Audit Manager said that the authority did prioritise higher value cases.

67.4      RESOLVED: That the Committee noted the report.