Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer to report.

The Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer provided an update on the Conduct of Fraud Investigations.

The Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer advised the Committee:

·         At the Committee on 8^th June 2021 it was agreed, as part of the Procedure for the Conduct of Investigation Report / Anti-fraud, Corruption and Bribery Policy and Strategy, that periodic reports would be presented to SMT and Members. Those had been agreed for March and September each year. As the September 2021 Committee had not been quorate, the update (due in September) was being provided at this Committee.

·         There were no updates to be made and there were no incidents to report.

RESOLVED that the Update Report on the Conduct of Fraud Investigations be noted.