Information about Wakefield Council Counter Fraud work including use of powers, employees and fraud cases. Details includes: number of occasions they use powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014, or similar powers total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud, and total number of fraud cases investigated. New data will be published annually in September. Publishing this information annually is a requirement of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.
