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Helping DWP succeed

Risk Assurance Division
Working together to manage threats to our business
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Risk Assurance DivisionHelping DWP succeed

• Presentation objectives
• To tell you about DWP RAD Investigations and
  provide some background information on who we are
  and what we do. The focus is on staff
  investigations and will explore
• What we do
• A couple of real case studies

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Risk Assurance Division Helping DWP succeed

• DWP Risk Assurance Division
• We are made up of
• Internal Audit
• Investigations
• Risk Management
• Performance Measurement
• Part of the Group Finance Directorate

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Risk Assurance DivisionHelping DWP succeed

• Risk Assurance Division Investigations
• Re-active organisation
• Intelligence led team
• Uniform approach
• Independent
• Investigators accredited professionals (PINS)
• Separate from Internal Audit

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Risk Assurance DivisionHelping DWP succeed

• RAD Investigations purpose..
• RAD Investigations will help DWP be more robust
  to the threats of staff and contract fraud and
  related abuse through assisting the businesses
  prevent, deter and detect instances of fraud and
  related abuse and through provision of
  professional investigative services.

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Risk Assurance Division Helping DWP succeed

• Key Facts about RAD Investigations
• Comprises 88 staff
• Responsible for Staff, Contract, and European
  Social Fund investigations
• Received 1550 staff investigation referrals last
  year
• Accepted around 50 for investigation
• Internal disciplinary and criminal investigations
• Use Departmental solicitors for offences under
  Social Security Act
• Liase with police and other bodies for other
  offences

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Risk Assurance Division Helping DWP succeed

• Why should we be worried?
• ACFE advises that 4-6 of any employers workforce
  is engaged in some form of white collar crime
  how many people employed in your business?
• Fraud Advisory Panel and Financial Sector reckon
  80 of all economic crime involves someone on
  the inside

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Risk Assurance DivisionHelping DWP succeed

• Recent cases
• Financial irregularities
• Finance officer
• Benefit fraud
• Benefit processor

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Risk Assurance Division Helping DWP Succeed

• Contact Details
• NW and YH
• Hugh Logan, Ontario House, Salford Quays
• Tel [phone]

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Risk Assurance Division Helping DWP succeed

• Any Questions?