Multi-Departmental Co-Operation in the Detection of Internally Generated Fraud

Graeme Bowers,Investigations Manager, Internal Audit and

Investigations,Department for Work and Pensions

Multi-Departmental Co-operation in the detection of internally generated fraudGraeme Bowers, Assistant Head of Internal InvestigationsFraud and Error Conference23 February 2016

4Department for Work & Pensions

A unified front against fraud

A true partnership between industry, law enforcement and government

I want the Joint Fraud Taskforce to signal a new type of partnership - truly collaborative, driving our collective action to reduce the numbers of victims; reduce the impact of fraud; and increase the prosecution and disruption of fraudsters.

Theresa May 10 Feb 2016

5Department for Work & Pensions

Looking Inwards

• Understand your own business

– prevention and detection is a collaborative effort in DWP between business units

– greater investment in designing out fraud– Proactive detection - smarter, targeted controls– Learn from investigations– Design in controls; partnership with audit

6Department for Work & Pensions

The investigation of Internal Fraud across Government

• different approaches to investigations• pockets of expertise • isolated examples of collaborative working• reliance on expensive external resources• Inconsistent approach introduces risks

7Department for Work & Pensions

What are we doing in DWP?

• Cross Government Investigators Network (CGIN)

• investing in the professional development of staff

• supporting the Cabinet Office to develop centrally agreed standards for internal investigations

• undertaking investigations on behalf of other Departments

• develop separate terms of engagement

8Department for Work & Pensions

What does the future look like?

• In April 2016 DWP moves its Internal Investigations function to the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)

• create an expert domain for internal fraud• co-ordinate the alignment of policies and

procedures• Build on DWP’s mature model for internal

investigations

9Department for Work & Pensions

What are the benefits?

• Consistency in the delivery of response• Provide consistency in the way internal fraud

is recorded, tackled and reported• Create efficiencies• Shared resources• Build on relationships between internal audit

and investigations

Contact details

Graeme Bowers, Assistant Head of Internal InvestigationsTelephone: 01283 505061Email : graeme.bowers@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

Addressing the Social and Economic Impacts of Money Laundering through

Intelligence Sharing

Donald Toon,Economic Crime Command Director,

National Crime Agency

John Manzoni Chief Executive, Civil Service

Question and Answers Session

Lunch, Networking and Exhibition