Minutes:
The Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Assurance submitted a report presenting the proposed Corporate Anti-Fraud Team Plan for 2022/23 a copy of which was appended to the report.
The Plan had been developed to ensure the resources of the Team were utilised in an efficient, effective and accountable way. The work programme would be reviewed continually to reflect the fraud trends, emerging risks and the general workload.
It was noted that the Plan aimed to focus resources on the prevention of fraud but at the same time recognised the Team would have to undertake investigative work as appropriate.
RESOLVED:
(i) That the Corporate Anti-Fraud Team (CAFT) Plan 2022/23 be agreed, acknowledging the need for the Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Assurance to exercise his professional judgement during the year to apply the Plan flexibly, allowing for planned proactive or detective days to be delivered to reactive investigation work as required;
(ii) That regular monitoring reports from the Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Assurance continue to be submitted to demonstrate progress against the Plan including information where the Plan has materially varied from the original; and
(iii) That the embedding of a culture of zero tolerance and high levels of awareness regarding fraud and corruption be supported.