A selection of our publications providing help and advice on
this topic:
Good practice in tackling external fraud
June 2008
This guide provides:
- examples of how fraud has been detected, prevented, reduced,
measured and investigated in some large departments;
- guidance on taking an integrated strategic approach to tackling
fraud;
- background on types, and significance, of fraud, departments’
responsibilities, and relevant bodies set up by Government.
The intended audience is public sector managers who are
responsible for expenditure programmes and for protecting revenue,
including policy staff, financial managers and internal
auditors.
Good practice
in tackling external fraud (PDF - 1.01MB)
Combating Fraud Position Statement
March 2007
Following the enactment of the 2006 Fraud Act,
there is for the first time a legal definition of fraud. The
National Audit Office's Combating Fraud Position Statement covers
client fraud identified in the course of financial audit and value
for money examinations and links to our already well established
approach towards money laundering. This statement also covers
controls in place to prevent fraud and money laundering within our
own organisation.
Combating
Fraud Position Statement (PDF - 32KB)
DCMS: Tackling external fraud in grant making
March 2006
A report looking into a review by DCMS to
identify and disseminate best practice in managing the risk of
fraud in grant awards and to identify generic areas for
potential.
Department for
Culture, Media and Sport: Tackling External Fraud in Grant-Making
(PDF - 192KB)
General lessons from a case of agricultural fraud
February 2002
This article is taken from pages 14-15 of the
NAO report Agricultural fraud: The case of
Joseph Bowden - published February 2002 – and summarises
the recommendations from this report.
General
lessons from a case of agricultural fraud (PDF -
68KB)