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Lewes District Council
32 High Street
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 2LX

Tel: 01273 484174
foi@lewes.gov.uk
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National Fraud Initiative

National Fraud InitiativeWe participate in a national scheme to protect public money and liaise with other bodies and agencies to ensure acts of fraud aren't taking place.

We required by law to protect the public funds we collect and administer. The Audit Commission appoints an auditor to check our accounts to ensure we comply.

We may share information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds in order to prevent and detect fraud.

Data Matching

The Audit Commission also carrying out data matching exercises. This involves comparing computer records held by one body against other computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match.

This is usually personal information. Computerised data matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified.

Where a match is found it indicates there is an inconsistency which requires further investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out.

The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in a data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud.

We are required to provide particular sets of data to the Audit Commission for matching for each exercise, and these are set out in the Audit Commission’s guidance.

The use of data by the Audit Commission in a data matching exercise is carried out with statutory authority under its powers in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act 1998. It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the Data Protection Act 1998.

Data matching by the Audit Commission is subject to a Code of Practice.