Fraud metadata

  1. Title

    Fraud metadata

  2. Abstract

    Consolidated fraud data provided by Internal Audit and HR from casework management systems.

    As outlined in the Department for Communities and Local Government Transparency Code.

  3. Description

    The dataset comprises the following fields;

    • Organisation Name,
    • Organisation Code,
    • Effective Date,
    • Total occasions fraud powers = the number of occasions Manchester City Council used powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to require Information) (England) Regulations 2014, or similar powers,
    • Total Fraud employees count = the number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud,
    • FTE fraud employees count = the full time equivalent of the above employees,
    • Total fraud specialist count = the number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists,
    • FTE fraud specialist count = the full time equivalent of the above fraud specialists,
    • Fraud spent amount = the amount spent by Manchester City Council on the investigation and prosecution of fraud,
    • Total investigated fraud = the number of fraud cases investigated.

  4. Source

    Data is recorded on casework management systems for the purposes of counter fraud activity management, internal reporting and External Audit.

  5. Date created

    29/05/2019

  6. Date issued

    29/05/2019

  7. Coverage

    01/04/2018 to 31/03/2019

  8. Frequency of update

    Annual

  9. Format

    CSV (fraud.csv)

  10. Creator's role

    Counter Fraud and Irregularity

  11. Position

    Auditor Internal Audit and Risk Management

  12. Responsible Organization

    Organisation

    Manchester City Council

    Address

    Manchester City Council Manchester M60 2LA

    Telephone

    0161 234 5000

  13. Email

    opendata@manchester.gov.uk

  14. Publisher

    Manchester City Council

  15. Additional notes

    Published to meet the requirements of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.