Issue - meetings

to approve the updated Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy as appended to the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which sought approval of the Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy.

The report recommended:

that the Committee approve the updated Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy as appended to the report.

Councillor Townson sought guidance relating to when Police Scotland would get involved with any cases, wherein the Corporate Investigation Manager advised that the Monitoring Officer would be involved in the first instance and they would make the final decision on which other agencies may need to be involved.

Councillor Donnelly sought guidance in relation to Council Tax Benefit and how these cases were dealt with as it wasn’t always the tenants’ fault that payments had not been calculated appropriately.  The Corporate Investigation Manager advised that a balanced approach was taken and each case was dealt with individually.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendation contained in the report.